I think people should keep these in mind in todays America.
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-Benjamin Franklin
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
-Abbey, Edward
"It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error."
-Justice Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. ~Theodore Roosevelt
"When the government fears the people, you have liberty; when the people fear the government, you have tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Our country, right or wrong." When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.
-Carl Schurz
