Liberty Quotes

"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched." -Aesop (c. 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist Source: The Milkmaid and Her Pail
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Aesop.Quote.28E8

"The first of the dreams that [my parents] instilled in me was individual responsibility and accountability. They taught me that in life you have consequences to each and every decision that you make, and when you try to shy away from those decisions, when you try to shy away from those consequences then someone will come in and allow you to be seen as a victim, and when you become seen as a victim, it’s a spiraling slope downward and downward. Before the next thing you know, you become dependent upon something and right here in the United States of America this is one of the things that we combat against because too many Americans are being castigated as victims. Too many Americans are not being individually responsible and accountable. Too many Americans are becoming dependent upon government and therefore government continues to grow. My parents and their dream was to have a son that was not a victim, but a son that was a victor, and that enables me to stand here before you today." -Col. Allen West (1961-) U.S. Congressman (FL-R), retired Lt. Colonel in US Army Source: http://www.conservative.org/cpac/archives/archivescpac-2010-allen-west
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Allen.West.Quote.5A97

"The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace." -James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/James.Madison.Quote.B740