Makayla

“It can never happen here.” “It won’t get that bad.” “This is America.” Such foolish words. Such blind people. When the country had long passed the point of no return, they still believed that with the next election cycle things would turn around. Moral character and moral fiber were no longer requirements for those who ran for public office, but such ideas were openly mocked. They”
― LaVoy Finicum, Only by Blood and Suffering: Regaining Lost Freedom

“The secret of her calm seemed to be that she was not trying to prove anything. She was—that was all. And her stance toward life seemed to say: God is—and that is enough.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy

“Digging a grave for a fallen loved one is the final acts of love and service that can be rendered in this world. I needed to finish the grave; I needed to do this for my daughter. Except”
― LaVoy Finicum, Only by Blood and Suffering: Regaining Lost Freedom

“Government tys to separate man from the consequences of his stupid choices. They take money from the producing people of the country, who weren't stuipid, to pay for the healthcare and rehab of the ones who were stupid. The stupid guy loves the government who is now helping him by using the money of the Americans who were not stupid. He begins to feel like he has the right to be helped and his loyalty grows to the ‘giving’ government. He does not develop an appreciation for the working man whose money has been taken to help him. In the process, government grows even bigger and the resentment grows between the helper and the helped, because the government is in the middle. There was a time in this country when a man would give freely of his time and means to help his neighbor without the government.”
― LaVoy Finicum, Only by Blood and Suffering: Regaining Lost Freedom