The Compassionate Coalition

"If people let the Government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as Souls who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." Plato

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,deserve neither safety nor liberty." Ben Franklin

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. -Friedrich Nietzsche