Quotes About Independence Hall

#1. The future of the church is incandescently bright. That's not because of promises made at Independence Hall, but a promise made at Caesarea Philippi - "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). I believe

Russell D. Moore

#2. Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

Benjamin Franklin

#3. I ask you ... to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall ...

Frederick Douglass

#4. Did I hurt your feelings again? Sorry. When this is all over I'll send some flowers to your inner child.

Richard Kadrey

#5. That evil people never believe they are evil, but rather that everyone else is evil.

David Foster Wallace

#6. Many journeys, often ones you didn't plan to make, take you to an unexpected destination that turns out to be exactly where you want to be.

C. Lee McKenzie

#7. Flowers were blooming, withered soon.. Rains kept falling, wasn't forever.. Dogs were barking, just for sometime.. Sun, moon & stars were invisible at times, but they kept watching you.. Let them shine for you, before it's too late..

Heshan Udunuwara

#8. Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the public?

Sara Jeannette Duncan

#9. Nuking Russia might not be a bad idea as far as the bleedin' world is concerned. They've plunged a lot of people into miserable lives. You've only got to be in East Germany to see it. It's a horrible way to live. It's like Doncaster.

Mark E. Smith

#10. As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with frozen pizza.

Bonnie Bedelia

#11. I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

Robert Downey Jr.

#12. I would like marriage to disappear completely from the world, and with marriage, divorce will disappear.

Rajneesh

#13. I feel like I'm in one of those teen shows where a caring friend lets her naive schoolmate know that the popular guy in school is spreading rumors about her. Of course, those usually end with everyone finding out they have chlamydia instead of a vampire husband, but the concept is the same.

A.M. Robinson

#14. I'm afraid of wooden horses, cheap gin, and pretty girls. Especially when they give me presents. And when they go by the name of the woman who defeated Sherlock Holmes.

Arturo Perez-Reverte

#15. Not everyone needs more money, she says. I don't. My family doesn't. You might not realize it, but we have our riches here, and we have our peace. We have the forest, the wildflowers. They're not weighted the same way your treasures are, not bought and sold. So you don't recognize the value in them.

J.J. Brown

#16. I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.

Brett Favre

#17. We're about moderation.

Jenny Craig

#18. It was hell to be so tired, and still care.

Lois McMaster Bujold