Elsha

“The union of America is the foundation-stone of her independence; the rock on which it is built; and is something so sacred in her constitution, that we ought to watch every word we speak, and every thought we think, that we injure it not, even by mistake.”
― Thomas Paine, The Crisis

“Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door

“I love the man that smiles at trouble: that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”
― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
― Thomas Paine, The American Crisis