Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
~Benjamin Franklin
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
~George Washington
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
~Thomas Jefferson
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
~Alexander Hamilton
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
~John Adams
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.