In recognition of those Brothers who have come before us, occasionally, I will post a small collection of their wisest quotes.  A word to the wise, from the wise, if you will.  I hope you enjoy the first installment!

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. 

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Ben Franklin

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain)

It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.

To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.

W. E. B. DuBois

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Patrick Henry

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

General Douglas MacArthur