Don Mashak

“The pound of flesh which I demand of him
Is dearly bought; 'tis mine, and I will have it.”
― William Shakespeare

“You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.”
― John Lewis

“Our legislators have not yet learned the comparative value of free-trade and of freedom, of union, and of rectitude, to a nation. They have no genius or talent for comparatively humble questions of taxation and finance, commerce and manufacturers and agriculture.

Nuestros legisladores no han aprendido todavía el valor comparativo del libre cambio y la libertad, la unión y la rectitud hacia la nación. No tienen genio ni talento para hacerse preguntas humildes sobre impuestos y finanzas, comercio, manufactura y agricultura.”
― Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”
― Chris Edelson, Emergency Presidential Power: From the Drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror