“Most people are too busy living life to ever put life in their living…” -Doug Firebaugh

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. – Abraham Lincoln

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.– March 4, 1861 – Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice. – unknown

…focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. — Greg Anderson