"You do well to wish to learn our arts and our ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. Congress will do everything they can to assist you in this wise intention." -George Washington
"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to pick on rich old women than biker gangs." -Unknown
"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them." -George Mason
"A Republic, if you can keep it." -Benjamin Franklin