Excisemen Quotes & Sayings

I believe we should use all means necessary to prevent the acquisition or fabrication of nuclear weapons by countries or groups hostile to the U. S. We should act in concert with our allies who are similarly working to protect their countries. — Sandy Adams

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. — Eleanor Roosevelt

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart. — Jose Rizal

The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come in multitudes; for the limitation of their numbers no man knows. They may, unless the general government be restrained ... go into your cellars and rooms, and search, ransack, and measure, everything you eat, drink, and wear. — Patrick Henry

People think I'm very nice, you know. And I'm not as nice as they think. — Tom Stoppard

O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. — Phillips Brooks