“This is a test of our character, a test of our faith, and a test of our resolve.”— Kathleen Blanco
“Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.”— Nellie Bly
“We will not be intimidated. We will not be coerced. We will not be blackmailed.”— George H. W. Bush
“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.”— George W. Bush
“I will not be stampeded. I will not be pushed. I will not be enticed. I will not be moved.”— Jack Kent Cooke
“I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our resolve and not go crazy is to choose, still, to be gentle and not to harm.”— Barbara Deming
“There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.”— Wayne Dyer
“I'm going to do something I've never done in my political life. I'm going to say something and not back down.”— Wendell H. Ford