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An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. Thomas Paine

It is the duty of the patriot to protect his(her)country from it's government. Paine

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety.Ben Franklin

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Franklin

If tyranny and oppression come to this land called America it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. James Madison

The Executive branch has NO right,in any case,to decide the question,whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.Madison

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. 
Thomas Jefferson

When the people fear the government there is tyranny,when the government fears the people there is liberty.  Jefferson