Looking for a Jefferson quote

[nytemare]

I have googled far too long and can't find it. It is something along the lines of it being patriotic to question government or authority, I can't remember which.

Any assistance is appreciated!

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

:)

[nytemare]

4. THAT'S IT!!

Thank you!! :hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. You're very welcome!

:hug:

[Sympleesmshn]

2. "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."?

Revolutionary_Acts04, you beat me to it! In the future you might try Brainyquotes.com, it is a great quote site.

[nytemare]

5. Thank you too!!

:hug: plenty of hug to go around!!

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. Oooh a quote site! Hahaha I'm a quote pig.

I alway used this site, http://home.att.net/~quotations/index.html

I don't know why I like it so much, but I do. :)

[Sympleesmshn]

10. I love Brainyquotes.com

But I really found the quote while looking for a mug for one of my teachers.... http://www.cafepress.com/nostamj.8911283

[Aristus]

3. Another good one from TJ:

"I tremble for my country when I realize that God is just."

[nytemare]

6. A hug for a fellow vet!

:hug:

Here's to all of us who went to Iraq armed with more than a rubber turkey for bigger reasons than a photo op!!

[Aristus]

9. Are you a vet of Gulf War I or Gulf War II?

I was in the Gulf Feb-March 1991. I was armed with an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank with a 120mm smoothbore Rheinmetall gun. The rubber turkey was my secret last-ditch weapon. :-)

:hug: back atcha. Thanks!

[mark414]

11. thanks to both of you

for having the courage to do something i don't think i ever could

[Aristus]

18. Courage? Thanks.

I remember when our C-130 landed at King Khalid Military City. We got off the plane into a dusty, frayed-at-the-edges tent city. I remember thinking to myself: "Man, this is REAL! I could DIE!"

I was scared out of my mind.

[nytemare]

23. I am with you there!

I was pretty scared. I just was out of basic for maybe 3 weeks, went to Germany and then Iraq. We were worried about getting gassed or ambushed, whatever we could worry about, we did.

The troops over there now I think have it a little worse than we did. I can imagine how scared they are.

[nytemare]

20. Awww

It took the most courage to figure how to go without a toilet, over there, they don't have any, just a hole in the ground and a pitcher of water...LOL.

[nytemare]

16. I was in Northern Iraq (Zachu, Dohuk, and Mosul briefly)

from April-July of 91. I was there after the "Mission" was supposedly accomplished, the first time, anyway....LOL.

You had a lot more firepower than me, I had an M60 or M16, and a 45 at my side. I have one of those Vanmark figurines of a woman soldier in a humvee turret with an M-60. That was me..LOL.

[Aristus]

17. I never got into Iraq though.

Heck, I never got out of Saudi Arabia. If our base hadn't been Scudded, I would never have seen hostile fire. Some hero, huh? :7

[nytemare]

22. Well, I never got scudded

The scariest it really got was looking into gunshots that were fired, and avoiding mines. A kid handed our first sergeant a mine...he had a "bf"..LOL.

:)

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. "...and that his justice will not sleep forever."

Remainder of the quote, often omitted. From Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", in reference specifically to slavery...but we've done a lot more than just that at this point.

[salin]

13. "One pill makes you larger...One pill makes you small..."

Oh - wrong Jefferson... never mind ;-)

[KerryReallyWon]

14. This is his very best ...and is perfect for today...as we fight with JK...

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to it's true principles.

It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...... yet if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck turns,
and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."

Thomas Jefferson, 1798

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. "We built this city on rock'n'roll." (nt)

[Kadie]

19. LOL. I read your post as "Jeffersons"....

[nytemare]

21. LOL

:)

[Kat45]

24. We're moving on up, to the East side,

to a de-luxe apartment in the sky.