We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..
We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots..
To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering..
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race..
Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will..
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for th….
If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the necessary means of its preservation..
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have..
It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it..
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped..
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel..
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it..
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect..
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots..
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything..
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny..
Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidif….
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal..
A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States..
I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty..
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air w….