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“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.”

“All might be free if they valued freedom,
and defended it as they should.”
– Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), also known as the
“Father of the American Revolution.”

“But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same object,
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism,
it is their right, it is their duty,
to throw off such government, and
to provide new guards for their future security.”
– Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776

“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced.
The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people;
a change in their religious sentiments of
their duties and obligations …
This radical change in the principles,
opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people,
was the real American Revolution.”
– John Adams
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
February 13, 1818

“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
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
(1736-1799) US Founding Father
Source: March 23,1775

“Never give in. Never, never, never, never,
in nothing great or small, large or petty,
never give in except to convictions
of honour and good sense.
Never yield to force; never yield
to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
– Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965) Prime Minister of England

“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.”
– Pledge of Allegiance

(Courtesy of Liberty Tree)

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