“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
– Ronald Reagan

This quote has been popping up a lot lately. It’s a great quote and couldn’t be more true, but people have forgotten the beast within is just as dangerous as the beast without, and losing our freedom doesn’t necessarily require being attacked or invaded by a foreign entity. We must be as diligent in not allowing our own government to curb our freedom as we are protecting our freedom from foreign influences.

And now, some more quotes to contemplate:

“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
– Ronald Reagan

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
– James Madison

“When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“Only Americans can hurt America.”
– Dwight Eisenhower

“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.”
– Patrick Henry