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“‘Do equal and exact justice’ is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, ‘Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape'”. –Isaac Parker

“Life that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say, Welcome, friend!” — Richard Crashaw

“The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted”. –Henry Steele Commager

“As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die”. –Federico García Lorca

“The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history”. –Kim Il-sung

“Whoever can lift a rifle should have one”. –Klim Voroshilov

“Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends”. –Francis Quarles

“Don’t be disquieted in times of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor”. –Chiang Kai-shek

“The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard”. –Stonewall Jackson

“A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation”. –Thomas Francis Meagher

“You and I are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other races. Whether it be right or wrong, I need not discuss; but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think. Your race suffer very greatly, many of them by living amongst us, while ours suffers from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason at least why we should be separated”. –Abraham Lincoln

“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster”. –William Tecumseh Sherman