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
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
David Hume
Stefan Banach 
Ingrid Bergman 
Richard Attenborough 
Ray Bradbury 
Bennie Thompson 
Anne Frank 
Brian Mulroney 
Pat Roberts