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Rio Quotes

Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.

Thomas Sankara (2007). “We are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Press

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

Title of speech to the people of Japan, May 3, 1948, upon the first anniversary of the Japanese constitution. MacArthur, A Soldier Speaks (1965), p. 194. Francis T. Miller, General Douglas MacArthur, Fighter for Freedom, p. 1, 1942.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

Remarks before Daughters of the American Revolution Convention, Washington, D.C., 21 Apr. 1938. Often paraphrased as Roosevelt's addressing the DAR as "my fellow immigrants."

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Alexander Hamilton, Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark (2006). “Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder”, p.87, Rowman & Littlefield

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

"The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners" edited by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 299), 2004.