"To unite the sinews of commerce and defense is sound policy; for when our strength and our riches play into each other's hand, we need fear no external enemy."

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense On Integrated Defense

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense On Challenging Assumptions

"The more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered."

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense On Resilient Design

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense On Earned Security

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."

— Thomas Paine, The Crisis On Engineering Quality

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

— Benjamin Franklin (1755) On Privacy by Principle

"Nobody wishes more than I do that ingenuity should receive liberal encouragement."

— Thomas Jefferson On Investing in Ingenuity

"The fact is that one idea leads to another, that to a third, and so on through a course of time, until some one, with whom no one of these ideas was original, combines all together, and produces what is justly called a new invention."

— Thomas Jefferson (1818) On Iterative Development

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

— James Madison, Virginia Convention (1788) On Continuous Monitoring

"As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights."

— James Madison, National Gazette (1792) On Data as Property

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

— James Madison, Federalist No. 51 On Security by Design

"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people."

— John Adams (1765) On Training & Education

"Let us dare to read, think, speak and write."

— John Adams (1765) On Intellectual Freedom

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

— George Washington, First Annual Address to Congress (1790) On Proactive Security

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."

— George Washington On Small Team Excellence

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."

— Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution On the Zones of Privacy

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

— Ninth Amendment, U.S. Constitution On the Zones of Privacy