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, More on Inspirational Quotes – Famous Thomas Paine Speech

A generous parent would have said, “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” - Thomas Paine

The enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived, and dishonest - but the myth-persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. - John F. Kennedy