The first requisite of a good ...

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

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When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.
I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.
 Billy Mills
A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for what he does.
I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to its great foundational principles: individual freedom, personal responsibility, fiscal restraint, and economic liberty.
 Monica Crowley
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.
 Steven Pressfield

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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!”
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.