“Democracy and tyranny are not distant relatives. They’re bedfellows.”-General John JamesCommandant, USMCDecember 11th, 2032”

“You matter.”

“It's taken me all this time, all this loss, to realize what really matters is now.”

“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed those strong enough to fight back and locked up the freaks who failed ...”

“Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.”

“What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.”

“You can be proud of your country and culture and, at the same time, recognize that there is something that's wrong that needs to be changed.”