Patrick Henry (1736-1799) Early American patriot

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery?  Forbid it, Almighty God!  I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!”

 —  Patrick Henry (1736-1799) Early American patriot.

President Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” – President Theodore Roosevelt, October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States

Quotes by American Politicians

I have created a new page for the blog. It has nothing but quotes by American politicians. From Mayors to Senators and Govenor’s to Presidents. Its about fourteen paging in Apple Pages.

Howard Zinn, historian, professor, author, playwright, and social activist (1922-2010)

“War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.” – Howard Zinn, historian, professor, author, playwright, and social activist (1922-2010)

Happy Fourth of July

                HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Dana Gioia, poet, critic, and translator (b. 1950)

“Money. You don’t know where it’s been,
but you put it where your mouth is.
And it talks.”
-Dana Gioia, poet, critic, and translator (b. 1950)