"We all have to determine, for ourselves, what we are willing to accept for our lives. It is true that one may be handicapped by certain weaknesses of which one has no control, but seldom are these impediments so severe as to completely determine one's course. So, I say again, it is for we as individuals to make the determination. If we accept less than what would please us, we have no one to blame but ourselves."

"Thoughts Upon Scraps of Paper"
by DiCom


"The knowledge of duty imparted a certain heat to his blood. He was not going to roll over fearfully and submit. From the school yard bully to the government goon, that's what despots always wanted, those who thought they'd come into the world booted and spurred and the rest of us were theirs to ride. Here was the irreducible essence of the matter, not politics, or a movement or even a cause. Just a simple man at the end of the day, after all the talk and threats and lies and manipulations, saying stubbornly to Power, No, I won't."

"The Hunt For Confederate Gold"
by Thomas Moore