Lane Myers is not alone.

“He's a constitutional guy.”

— Public statement on Lane Myers

“In the nonviolent army, there is room for everyone who wants to join up. There is no color distinction. There is no examination, no pledge, except that… nonviolent soldiers are called upon to examine and burnish their greatest weapons — their heart, their conscience, their courage, and their sense of justice.”

— Why We Can't Wait

“Who's gonna carry the boats? Who's gonna carry the logs? Who's gonna carry the boats and the logs?”

— Who's Gonna Carry the Boats (widely attributed)

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives. Fight, and you may die. Run, and you'll live — at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance… to tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!”

— Attributed in the Braveheart tradition / Scottish folk memory

“Si vis pacem, para bellum. — If you want peace, prepare for war.”

— John Wick · Latin maxim (Vegetius)

“I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It is the weapon of the Prophet, but you are not aware of it. That weapon is patience and righteousness. No power on earth can stand against it.”

— Founding the Khudai Khidmatgar, 1929

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

— Virginia Convention, 1775

“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

— The American Crisis, 1776

“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”

— A Plea for Free Speech in Boston, 1860

“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”

— Harijan, 1935

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

— Long Walk to Freedom

“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

— Quiet Strength

“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”

— March on Washington anniversary remarks

“I raise up my voice — not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.”

— UN Youth Assembly address, 2013