[Bigun]

WAR is an ugly thing! But not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does his own personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill

Saw your tag line and could not restrain myself from posting the entire quote as it is one of my favorites!

Here is another I find quite compelling especially when put into the context of where, as a nation, we currently find ourselves!

"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." - James Madison

[Proud Conservative2]

It is one of my favorites too. If you click on my name, you will see a few more that I really relate to. Thanks for sharing the one from James Madison.