LET'S ROLL!
"These are the times that try men's souls.
The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will,
in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country;
but he that stands it now,
deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us,
that the harder the conflict,
the more glorious the triumph."
Written by Private Thomas Paine while sitting at a campfire with his fellow soldiers using a battle drum as his desk. He called it The American Crisis in which he hoped to bolster the declining spirit of the Continental Army after suffering a disasterous defeat in New York and had to retreat into New Jersey. On Christmas Eve, 1776, General George Washington oredered Paine's words to be read out loud to the soldiers.
After reading the pamphlet, the American troops crossed the Delaware and launched a surprise attack on the Hessian soldiers at Trenton.
This victory clearly showed that Americans will not give up their liberty without a fight. And so too, did the brave passengers of Flight 93.