George Washington:

“Discipline is the soul of an army.”

“Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the
whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own
ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.”

John Adams:

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

“Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.”

Patrick Henry:

“I am not a Virginian, but an American.”

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the
vigilant, the active, and the brave.”

Thomas Paine:

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must,
like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

“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 Jefferson:

“I hold that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and
as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.”

“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to
liberty in a featherbed.”

“I cannot live without books.”

Inspiring words, written dangerously by our Founding Fathers. Happy July 4!