“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
Ayn Rand

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...”

H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: Third Series

“A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”
Charles Spurgeon

“A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
Charles Spurgeon

“Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.”
C. H. Spurgeon

Ephesians 1:13

13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

Unknown

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

James Madison

When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

Thomas Jefferson

It Takes Strength & Courage

It takes strength to be firm,
It takes courage to be gentle.

It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubt.

It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to feel a friend's pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to endure abuse,
It takes courage to stop it.

It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on another.

It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live

Poet: Unknown

Hold Up Your Head

You were not made for failure but success;
Not born for sorrow but for happiness.
Keep this in mind through all life's storms and stress.
Hold up your head.

You were not born a slave but free as air,
In all the beauty of the world you share,
Now banish fear and brush away dull care.
Hold up your head.

The heroes of the world are true kin.
You, too, have greatness buried deep within.
Give it a chance; no fight too hard to win.
Hold up your head.

Remember this great world has need of you,
Has need of all the work that you can do;
And of your visions and your ideals too.
Hold up your head.

Hark to the drums of life! They throb and roll;
Inspire with courage the responsive soul.
March on, you're bound to reach your goal.
Hold up your head.

Poet: Wilhelmina Stitch

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Ephesians 4:29

"Reborn (Sonnet)"

He set his foot upon the firmament,
His eyes were fixed on His destination.
Though He knew the measure of His torment,
That would not quell His determination.

I'd nearly beaten the flesh from His bones.
Yet each time He fell, He would rise again.
I scourged Him, and crushed His body with stones.
He begged no quarter, He just said amen.

I nailed Him securely to that old tree,
He was hung there to die at my command.
I have made Him suffer so much for me.
As if I'd held His fate in MY own hand.

He endured the torture and bitter scorn,
So that I, through His blood, could be reborn.

by Mark Spencer

"Fear knots or Fear nots"

Are fear knots or "fear nots" guiding your way
when it seems your path is filled with dismay?
At trying times you must make a choice
to whom you will listen, which voice.
As life's circumstances you closely survey,
Are fear knots or "fear nots" guiding your way?
Is anxiousness the only sound heard,
or are you tuning in to God's Holy Word?
Down the human path you are called to trod.
When the testing comes, does it seem rather odd?
Are fear knots or "fear nots" guiding your way?
Will adversity cause you to earnestly pray?
Trials will come, a fact that is sure.
Abiding in God is the only true cure.
When perplexity knocks will your soul find a stay?
Are fear knots or "fear nots" guiding your way?

by Carol Connell

Unity

How good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in unity
We must encourage one another
this is God's desire for you and me.

Let's daily thank the Lord
for our sisters and our brothers
Be compassionate and forgiving
to our neighbors and all others.

Don't sow discord among the brethren
throw rocks, stones or sand
But do our part to keep the unity
and help our brothers stand.

God is pleased when we show love
by helping our sisters grow
But it grieves his heart deeply
if we point a finger, don't you know?

So, lets' be careful to keep the unity
walk in love, me and you
And let's humbly work together
pray and watch what God will do.

by Gloria Beach

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.

Benjamin Rush

We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!

Abraham Lincoln

We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!

John Adams

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13

When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.

Thomas Jefferson

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests.

Alexander Hamilton

The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?

Thomas Jefferson

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

John Adams

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

George Mason

If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.

Noah Webster