We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, New York City, 1952 August 28th