I die hard but am not afraid to go. by George Washington

“Some people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.”
Thomas Woodrow Wilson

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace. Again by George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington

“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man’s attention and to inflame his ambition.” By John Adams

“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”
Thomas Jefferson

John Quincy Adams said, “May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.”

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” By James Madison