Quotes from authors passed in 1776
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
David Hume
What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
David Hume
The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.
David Hume
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
David Hume
Gina Gershon 
Patrick McGoohan 
Denis Thatcher 
Thomas Gray 
Edward James Olmos 
Mick Jagger 
Thuy Trang 
Richard von Weizsaecker