Scott Sheaffer

“John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
― Dan Crenshaw, Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage

“The number of decibels your voice hits as you scream about how right you are is not necessarily an indicator of how much sense you are making.”
― Dan Crenshaw, Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage

“I am a conservative. We can define conservatism generally as an approach to governance that values individual freedom, personal responsibility, and moral virtue as a bulwark for that same freedom. We believe in a limited role for government, fiscal discipline, and an understanding that government exists to protect our inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Government does not exist to end your suffering; it exists in order to create the proper structure, based on equality and justice, so that you may pursue your own happiness.”
― Dan Crenshaw, Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage

“I will not quit in the face of danger or pain or self-doubt; I will not justify the easier path before me. I decide that all my actions, not just some, matter. Every small task is a contribution toward a higher purpose. Every day is undertaken with a sense of duty to be better than I was yesterday, even in the smallest of ways. I seek out hardship. I do not run from pain but embrace it, because I derive strength from my suffering. I confront the inevitable trials of life with a smile. I plan to keep my head, to be still, when chaos overwhelms me. I will tell the story of my failures and hardships as a victor, not a victim. I will be grateful. Millions who have gone before me have suffered too much, fought too hard, and been blessed with far too little, for me to squander this life. So I won’t. My purpose will be to uphold and protect the spirit of our great republic, knowing that the values we hold dear can be preserved only by a strong people. I will do my part. I will live with Fortitude.”
― Dan Crenshaw, Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage