My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. – George Washington, letter, 1789
Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. – Dwight D. Eisenhower, address, Columbia University, 31 May 1954
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible. – Thomas a Kempis
