“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”

― Thomas Paine, 1776


"Timid men ... prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."

― Thomas Jefferson


"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

― Benjamin Franklin


"Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is taken to bring it to light."

― George Washington