For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fai

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? – George Canning

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! – Daniel Webster

The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten – duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to heaven. – David Lloyd George

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! – Maya Angelou

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