In all things there are three choices: Yes, No & no choice, except in this -- I either choose the truth or I am deceit. Sovereign The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice. Sovereign The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933 32nd president of US (1882 - 1945) With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865 16th president of US (1809 - 1865) We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945 32nd president of US (1882 - 1945) The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. George Washington, First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789 First president of US (1732 - 1799) And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963) What more felicity can fall to creature,<br> Than to enjoy delight with liberty. Spenser, Fate of the Butterfly When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. Thomas Jefferson, Writings 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. John Andrew Holmes |