AMERICAN PATRIOT

"GOVERNMENT is not reason; it is not eloquence, "It is Force.". Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” - George Washington

Legend has it that a young woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was departing Independence Hall, following the conclusion of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. "Doctor, what do we have?" She asked, "Republic or monarchy?" Benjamin Franklin replied, "My dear lady, a Republic if you can keep it."

Our founders understood the immense difficulty of obtaining liberty, the even greater difficulty of holding onto it, and how easily it can be lost...  

"The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold of us." - Thomas Jefferson

"Liberty once lost is lost forever." John Adams

Mark Twain perfectly articulated the best defense Americans possess for safeguarding our liberty from the perpetual danger of government tyranny when he declared, "Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government when it deserves it."

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one." - Edmund Burke