Thoughts to Ponder for May 14, 2014
Ronald Reagan, "The Speech: A Time for Choosing." 1964
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"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 his country; but he that stands 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 …"
Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, Valley Forge, December 23, 1776
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'A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”'
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“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are those with something to hide” – Barack Obama (2010)
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"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it." - Justice Learned hand