These are just some of my favorite quotes, as they apply to life in general.
"We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."¯ -- Thomas Jefferson
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants,
is the liberty of appearing.“ Thomas Paine
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have... a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean the characters and conduct of their rulers"--John Adams
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."--Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster hit the nail on the head when he wrote, "Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world."--Daniel Webster
"The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable."--James Madison
"Society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."--John Adams
"I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it".--Will Rogers
"It is important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for."--Mary Waldrop
"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world´s believing him".--Thomas Jefferson
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest".--Thomas Paine
"All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety".--George Mason
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter".--George Washington
"Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech".--Benjamin Franklin
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence".--John Adams
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true".--Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.--John Adams
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past".--Patrick Henry
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."--Thomas Jefferson
"Be Your Own Man, Or Be Nothing At All!"--George Vaughn
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom--go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!"--Samuel Adams
"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We
put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to
this country."--Theodore Roosevelt
"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any
man's permission when we require him to obey it. Obedience to the law
is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor."--Theodore Roosevelt
"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."--General George S. Patton
"Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived."--General George S. Patton
"The happiness and prosperity of our citizens is the only legitimate object of government."--Thomas Jefferson
"Beware the greedy hand of government, thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry."--Thomas Paine
"The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments."--George Mason
"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."--Mark Twain
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