“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.”
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 4, September 11, 1777, on the occasion of decision to fight against British occupation of America.
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."
- Thomas Jefferson, the American freedom figh...
