On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:27:59 GMT, Abrasha wrote:


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally
employed only by small children and large nations.
—David Friedman

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Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution,
are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them
against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from
our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger
and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with
care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the
present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to
be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated
out of them by the artifices of false and designing men." -- Samuel
Adams

"A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag
only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its
insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles,
the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation which belongs to
the Nation that sets it forth." -- Henry Ward Beecher

"God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night, with the light from above,
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home,
God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!" --Irving Berlin, God Bless
America

"We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots." -- Charles
F. Browne

"Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for
yourself by looking out for your country."-- Calvin Coolidge

"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere
else." -- Clarence Darrow

"Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always
be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!" -- Steven Decatur

"And I'm proud to be an American,
Where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave that right to me
And I'll proudly stand up next to him to defend her still today,
Cuz there aint no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA" -- Lee Greenwood, Proud To Be An American


"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." --
Nathan Hale's last words before being hanged by British.

"Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is
actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to
our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the
field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What
would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be
purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty
or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry

"When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and
Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country." --
Andrew Johnson

"American Girls and American Guys
We'll always stand up and salute
We'll always recognize
When we see Old Glory Flying
There's a lot of men dead
So we can sleep in peace at night
When we lay down our head." -- Toby Keith, Courtesy of the Red, White,
& Blue


"Justice will be served
And the battle will rage
This big dog will fight
When you rattle his cage
And you'll be sorry that you messed with
The U.S. of A.
'Cause we'll put a boot in your *ss
It's the American way" -- Toby Keith, Courtesy of the Red, White, &
Blue


"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we
shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any
friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of
liberty." -- John F. Kennedy

"(W)e here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain;
that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this
government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth." -- Abe Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and
lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." --
Abraham Lincoln

"We must always remember that America is a great nation today not
because of what government did for people but because of what people
did for themselves and for one another." -- Richard Nixon

"Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our
citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By
the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great
title is AMERICANS…" -- Thomas Paine

"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
their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks
of man and woman." -- Thomas Paine

"Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return." -- Colin Powell

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and
to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." -- The Pledge Of
Allegiance

"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our
children (America), the last best hope of man on earth, or we will
sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of
darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's
children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that
could be done." -- Ronald Reagan

"And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more
secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After
200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the
granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And
she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom,
for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through
the darkness, toward home." -- Ronald Reagan

"In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the
great honor of allowing me to serve as your president. When the Lord
calls me home, whenever that day may be, I will leave with the
greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its
future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of
my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn
ahead" -- Ronald Reagan

"Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth,
sincerity, and hardihood -- the virtues that made America." -- Teddy
Roosevelt

"Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and
tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American
flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" -- John
Stark at the Battle of Bennington in 1777

"I venture to suggest that partiotism is not a short and frenzied
outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a
lifetime." -- Adali Stevenson

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave,
hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join
him, For then it costs nothing to be a patriot." -- Mark Twain

"I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my
country’s, my God’s and Truth’s. I was born an American; I live an
American; I shall die an American." -- Daniel Webster

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that,
never have been, never will be." -- John Wayne

"The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences
of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their
lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history."
-- Woodrow Wilson

'If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming
pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is.'"
Steven Levitt, UOC prof.