Chris

“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
― Samuel Johnson

“freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.”
― Bill Maher, When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade