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"...The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility, and out of self-interest for himself, his family and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. Resistance need not be violent, but the civil disobedience that might be required involves confrontation with the state and invites possible imprisonment..."
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
"Time. It is the backdrop against which all decisions are made. Both minuscule and monumental. Deliberate and debated. Yet as time advances unabated, we begin to realize that with each decision we make, those decisions are indeed what make us."
"Honor isn't about making the right choices; it's about dealing with the consequences."
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
"Here's to all of us, for there's so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly behooves any of us, to talk about the rest of us."









