"The consolidation of the States into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it." -Robert E. Lee, 1866 "There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: Not going all the way, and not starting." - The Buddha
It's far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them
"When humans yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon". Thomas Paine.
"In monarchy the crime of treason may admit of being pardoned or lightly punished, but the man who dares rebel against the laws of republic ought to suffer death." -- Samuel Adams
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." -- Gerry Spence
"Money is a psychological Devise to Expropiate Wealth" Merill Jenkins
"The change we seek has always required great struggle and great sacrifice." - Barack H. Obama "The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master." - Ayn Rand