”These are the times that try men’s souls” Thomas Payne

...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consulation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly...Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated!... Thomas Paine - The Crisis