These are the times that try men’s souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis,
shrink from the service of their country;
but he that stands it now,
deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us,
that the harder the conflict,
the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly;
it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

I love the man that can smile in trouble,
that can gather strength from distress
and grow brave by reflection.
‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink;
but he whose heart is firm,
and whose conscience approves his conduct,
will pursue his principles unto death.

- Thomas Paine

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