insightful

Nice sentiment ~~ but Hale never said it. Everyone present at his hanging (British & colonial alike) agree that, although he spoke words that are very similiar, he did not, in fact, speak them. They were recorded later after official accounts & dispatches had circulated among his friends.

Mr Henry at his best in the Virginia House of Burgesses ~~~ or at least as quoted many years later. Still, having heard those words resound in that venerable chamber (Williamsburg Va) I must admit there is something there that stirs one's soul.

Wise; President Washington stating his "opinons" upon retiring to Mt Vernon after a rather difficult & tumultuous second term. Once his mind was set his determination to see it through placed him in the forefront of the Founding Fathers.

seems this credo has been uttered today by our government. tyrants beware ~ your end is coming

Nobly put! The "Rights of Man" expressed by a "Founding Father" who knew what those rights were & that they applied to all men of every generation, nation & race.

Samuel Adams ~ whose mind, heart & soul was pivotal in Massachusetts & the American Rebellion. An excellent summation of what government should be for all men

Samuel Adams ~ the John Rosseau & John Locke of the American Rebellion

Sam Adams ~ the "John Locke" of the American Rebelion.