I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. If you trade freedom for security, you get neither. Legislation is no substitute for character. Liberty is from God. Liberties, from the devil.
Men fight for freedom, then pass laws to take it away.
Name me one nation that taxed itself into prosperity. Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder. Now and then an innocent man is sent to the Legislature. Why not, they tax everything else. The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves.