"Safety from external danger, is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war; the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty, to repost for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, t

...America, if not connected at all, or only be the feeble tie of a simple league, offensive and defensive, would by the operation of such opposite and jarring alliances be gradually entangled in all the pernicious labyrinths of European politics and wars; and by the destructive contentions of the parts, into which she was divided, would be likely to become prey to the actives and machinations of powers equally the enemies of them all. Divide et impera must be the moto of eve

"Has it not, on the contrary, invariably been found, that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over him conduct, than general or remote considerations of policy, utility, or justice?" Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #6

"Let candid men judge, then, whether the division of America into any given number of independent sovereignties would tend to secure us against the hostilities and improper interference of foreign nations." John Jay, Federalist Papers #5

"But the safety of the people of America against dangers from FOREIGN force depends not only on their forbearing to give JUST causes of war to other nations, but also on their placing and continuing themselves in such a situation as not to INVITE hostility or insult; for it need not be observed that there are PRETENDED as well as just causes of war." John Jay, Federalist Paper #4

"If they see that our national government is efficient and well administered, our trade prudently regulated, our militia properly organized and disciplined, our resources and finances discreetly managed, our credit re-established, our people free, contented, and united, they will be much more disposed to cultivate our friendship than provoke our resentment." John Jay, Federalist Paper #4

So if you haven't noticed a pattern is emerging.... "Because when once an efficient national government is established, the best men in the country will not only consent to serve, but also will generally be appointed to manage it; for, although town or country, or other contracted influence, may place men in State assemblies, or senates, or courts of justice, or executive departments, yet more general and extensive reputation for talents and other qualifications will be neces

"Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government, and it is equally undeniable, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers." John Jay, Federalist Paper No. 2

"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper 1

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he

"I here close my examination into those natural rights, which, in my humble opinion, it is the business of civil government to protect,...

"Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone." John Adams

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“As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon others, God or nature. We must...

“Nothing opens the door for a totalitarian regime as surely as the elimination of God as source and guarantor of our rights. You do not...

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln

"Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself" Thomas Paine.

"Follow your enthusiasm. It's something I've always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy...

"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." Silence Dogood, pseudonym of Benjamin...

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke