"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

- Pledge of Allegiance

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. David went out to meet them and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I am ready to have you unite with me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you."

- 1 Chronicles 12: 16-17 (NIV)

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."

- John Quincy Adams

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it."

- Thomas Jefferson