words worth remembering

"The greatest thing we have to fear is fear itself."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin


"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
- George Washington


"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man that reads nothing but newspapers"

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive."

"I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty."

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."

-All of the above are from Thomas Jefferson (So many that I love)


"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"
- Mahatma Gandhi


"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
- John Lennon


"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one."
- Alexander Hamilton