Some favorite quotes

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Thomas Jefferson

--All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
--Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
--Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
--It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
--That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
--The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
--The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas Jefferson

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin

 “The people know much better how to spend their money than the government”  - Ron Paul

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin Franklin

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson

"Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves." - The Essence of Success