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Presidents & Patriots

"A man's country is not a certain area of land, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle"--George W. Curtis

Adams-President
--"I love deadlines!  I love the swooshing sound they make as they fly by"
 
Lillian Hellman
--"Since when do you have to agree with someone to defend them from Injustice"
 
Bob Hope-Comedian
--"If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it"
 
 
Thomas Jefferson-Father of Democracy
--"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing"
 
--"If you expect people to be ignorant and free you expect what never was and never will be"
 
--"When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property."
 
--"It's better to have no ideas than to have false ones"
 
--"Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.  Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?  Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him?  Let history answer this question"
 
--"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..........Life-Liberty-and the Pursuit of Happiness"--Declaration of Independence
 
FDR
--"We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees"
 
Dorothy Thompson
--"The United States is the only great and populous nation-state and world power whose people are not cememted by ties of  blood, race or original language"
 
George Washington-First President of the United States of America
--"I can't tell a lie.  I did cut it with my hatchet"--On cutting down his fathers cherry-tree.