the Soap box
the Jury box
the Ballot box
the Bullet box
See Also: 1909 and beyond!
Some words come to mind
โTHESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.โ
Thomas Paine
I like these words too
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll liveโฆ at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never takeโฆ OUR FREEDOM!
From Braveheart
We all end up dead, it’s just a question of how and why.
The featured picture is from the HARD WINTER of 1780
Morristown