This country is worth fighting for. I’ve been to other countries and can appreciate being back here…I must have been blessed to have something like this [Medal of Honor] given to me. -William J. Crawford, MSGT, US Army (Ret)-

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels — men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. -Dwight D. Eisenhower-

If “freedom” means, first of all, the responsibility of every individual for the rational determination of his own personal, professional and social existence, then there is no greater fear than that of the establishment of general freedom. Without a thoroughgoing solution of this problem there never will be a peace lasting longer than one or two generations. -Wilhelm Reich-

The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -Thomas Babington Macaulay-

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. -Anatole France-

An attitude of moderation is apt to be misunderstood when passions are greatly excited and when victory is apt to rest with the extremists on one side or the other; yet I think it is in the long run the only wise attitude… -Theodore Roosevelt-

Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your kids. -Pappy’s Grill, Winter Haven Airport, Winter Haven, Florida-

I love manatees. But the conservationists get all pissed off when you barbecue `em. -Darrel Ewbank-

All knowledge is local, all truth is partial. … No truth can make another truth untrue. All knowledge is part of the whole knowledge. … Once you have seen the larger pattern, you cannot get back to seeing the part as the whole. -Ursula K. Le Guin-

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. -Albert Einstein-