“It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.” --- Patrick Henry

“We must all hang together … or we will all hang separately.” --- Benjamin Franklin

“Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” ― John Parker

“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.” --- Benjamin Franklin

“The happiness of America is intimately connected with the happiness of all mankind; she is destined to become the safe and venerable asylum of virtue, of honesty, of tolerance, of quality and of peaceful liberty.” ― Marquis de Lafayette