Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. – Arnold J. Toynbee
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, Damn, were Americans, and smile. – Jay Garner
May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer! or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after! – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1749
