The Liberties Of A People Never Were,

The Battle Is Not To The Strong Alone. It Is To The Vigilant, The Active, And The Brave. A Small, Disciplined Militia Can Not Only Hold Out Against A Larger Force, But Drive It Back, Because What They're Fighting For Rightfully Belongs To Them.

It Is Natural To Man To Indulge In The Illusion Of Hope. We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth, Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts.

O Sir, We Should Have Fine Times, Indeed, If, To Punish Tyrants, It Were Only Sufficient To Assemble The People! Your Arms, Wherewith You Could Defend Yourselves, Are Gone; And You Have No Longer An Aristocratical, No Longer A Democratical Spirit. Did You Ever Read Of Any Revolution In A Nation, Brought About By The Punishment Of Those In Power, Inflicted By Those Who Had No Power At All?

Bad Men Cannot Make Good Citizens. It Is When A People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains. A Vitiated State Of Morals, A Corrupted Public Conscience, Is Incompatible With Freedom. No Free Government, Or The Blessings Of Liberty, Can Be Preserved To Any People But By A Firm Adherence To Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Frugality, And Virtue; And By A Frequent Recurrence To Fundamental Principles.

Is The Relinquishment Of The Trial By Jury And The Liberty Of The Press Necessary For Your Liberty? Will The Abandonment Of Your Most Sacred Rights Tend To The Security Of Your Liberty? Liberty, The Greatest Of All Earlthy Blessings - Give Us That Precious Jewel, And You May Take Every Things Else! . . . Guard With Jealous Attention The Public Liberty. Suspect Every One Who Approaches That Jewel.