It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Walls of worry surround us everyday & we can never run away, But remember Walls only block sides, Never the sky. Look Up, The ray of Light & Hope You will Get it.. Have Confidence in You :)

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.

She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.

We are not just tickling the dragon’s tail

Picasso created blank spaces through which an imagination could fly.

Relationships are possible, but are definitely not a road paved with roses.

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized.

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

I believe in angels, the kind that heaven sends. I'm surrounded by angels, and I call them my best friends