"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
— Robert E. Lee

"Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."
— Robert E. Lee

"“I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.”"
— Robert E. Lee

"Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one."
— Robert E. Lee

" The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.

The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the men in a plain light.

The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled when he cannot help humbling others."
— Robert E. Lee

"What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world."
— Robert E. Lee

"Beware the fury of a patient man"
— Tom Clancy

"Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change."
— Tom Clancy

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
— Winston S. Churchill

"It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required."
— Winston S. Churchill

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
— Mark Twain

"And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even though they themselves be exterminated, may perhaps be celebrated as long as the world rolls round."
— Winston S. Churchill (History of the English Speaking People: Birth of Britain, 55 B.C. to 1485: 001)

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us."
— Winston S. Churchill

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never Yield to a force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
— Winston S. Churchill

"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained."
— Winston S. Churchill

"The price of greatness is responsibility. "
— Winston S. Churchill

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under."
— Ronald Reagan

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
— Ronald Reagan

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
— Ronald Reagan

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
— Ronald Reagan

"Trust, but verify."
— Ronald Reagan

"To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will."
— Ronald Reagan

"I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life."
— Ronald Reagan

"There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."
— Ronald Reagan

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. "
— Ronald Reagan

"Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment."
— Ronald Reagan

"As government expands, liberty contracts."
— Ronald Reagan

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"If you are going through hell, keep going."
— Winston S. Churchill

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!"
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"All we have to fear is fear itself."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Let us dare to read, think, speak and write."
— John Adams

"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. "
— John Adams

"Power must never be trusted without a check."
— John Adams

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
— John Adams

"I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading."
— John Adams

"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. (12 May 1780)"
— John Adams

"I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth."
— John Adams

"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
— John Adams