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• A fig for those by law protected, Liberty's a glorious fea
  'Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest....
• Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?" ~~ Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715
• Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution.
  A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all....
• Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, And when the storm of war was gone, Enjoyed the peace your valor won....
• The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government.
  Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so well, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master....
• Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, iv...
• He hated to set precedents; those who did so were sometimes promoted, more frequently they joined their ancestors.
  -- Robert A. Heinlei...
• Of what use is political liberty to those who have no bread?
  It is of value only to ambitious theorists and politicians. -- Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793)...
• Did you hear about the cynical husband who says it's better to have loved and lost than to have loved and won.