From one of our most literate Founding Fathers:
Thomas Payne "The Crisis"
December 23, 1776
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. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet
we have this consolation with us, that the harder the
conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain
too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only
that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put
a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange
indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not
be highly rated.

The triumph will be glorious.
Ed