"All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth.... could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." - Abraham Lincoln, 1847
Au revoir, mes amis mort! Nous, les vivant, garde la foi, pour vous, toujour.
(Good bye fallen friends! We, the living, will keep the faith, for you, forever.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Thomas Jefferson 1805 speaking to a group of Indian Chiefs.