Posted by
Aaron Craig on Saturday, March 03, 2007 1:34:56 PM
THESE
are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine
patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their 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. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is
dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put
a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so
celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. --Thomas Paine