“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” — The American Statue of Liberty
“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for ‘tis better to be alone than being in bad company.” — George Washington
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”— Theodore Roosevelt, former Republican president of the United States of America
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives so that his place will be proud of him.” — Abraham Lincoln, former Republican president of the United States of America
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket that is fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who are hungry and not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone, it is spending the sweat of the laborer, the genius of the scientist, the hopes of its children.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Republican president of the United States of America
“Wait, wait. We’re going to let these people in? Why are we going to let in people from countries that are destroyed? They’re shithole.” — Donald Trump, current Republican president of the United States
“If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then you better get out. If you cannot treat someone from another gender, whether that’s a man or woman, with dignity and respect, then you need to get out. If you can’t treat someone from another race, or a different color of skin, with dignity and respect, then you need to get out.” — Lt. General Jay Silveria, superintendent of the U.S. Air Academy in an address to his cadets on Sept. 29, 2017.
William E. Freije