"They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?"

Patrick Henry.

From his Give Me Liberty speech. They were some amazing men. Just imagine if all that were around back in the good old days were the likes of Kennedy, or Kerry, or Murtha. We'd be calling one another mate, the food would be awful, and since baseball would probably not have been invented not a one of us would have anything resembling hand-eye coordination and be left to kicking things across an open field and calling it a sport.

Thanks for everything, Pat. Especially Willie, Mickey, and The Duke.