Independence Day - words of wisdom

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
- Voltaire

I swear upon the altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
- Thomas Jefferson

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
- James Madison

Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered yet we have this consolation with us; the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
- Thomas Paine

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
- Alexander Hamilton

If the People only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system there would be a revolution before morning!
- Andrew Jackson

In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him; For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.
- Mark Twain

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

Here in the United States, the poorest man may bid defiance to the King.
- Michael Badnarik

If this be treason, make the most of it!
- Patrick Henry

Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.
- Henry David Thoreau

Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.
- John Adams

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be master.
- Ayn Rand

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
- John F. Kennedy

If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
- William Penn

We have a lot of goodness in this country, and we should promote it; but never through the barrel of a gun.
- Ron Paul

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[legendre007]

Those are good quotations. :-)

I have to admit that the quotation quickly disappears before I'm done reading it. It's good that you have the quotations in the gray "information area," though it wouldn't hurt if the quotations in the video stayed up long enough for a slow reader like myself. ;-)