"Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society."

-- John Adams, letter to Mercy Warren, 1776

 
 
"We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties, and history bears witness to the fact that a just nation is trusted on its word when recourse is had to armaments and wars to bridle others."

-- Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, 1805

 
 
"Every abortion clinic should have a sign over the door that says 'Open by permission of the churches in this area.'"

-- Francis Schaffer