Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! — Patrick Henry

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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James A. Baldwin

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I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson

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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. — Wilma Rudolph

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People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.

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The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. — Jesse Owens

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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! — Ronald Reagan

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The potential for greatness lives within us all. — Wilma Rudolph

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Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! — William H. Prescott

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Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. — Edward Furlong

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