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

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Source : The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776

Thomas Paine

#Love Quotes #Summer Quotes #Country Quotes

“These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.”
“In no other profession does the character and personality of a director play a more vital role in the development of young people than in the coaching of athletics.”
“The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.”
“All death in nature is birth, and at the moment of death appears visibly the rising of life. There is no dying principle in nature, for nature throughout is unmixed life, which, concealed behind the old, begins again and develops itself. Death as well as birth is simply in itself, in order to present itself ever more brightly and more like to itself.”
“I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.”

Source : "Upton readies for super committee" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. August 10, 2011.
“I do esteem individual liberty above everything.”
“What had seemed like love was betrayal”
“Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.”

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