Greek Orthodox tradition tells of Saint Nicholas being born around AD 280, the only child of a wealthy, elderly couple who lived in Patara, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) ... Hegenerously gave to the poor, but he did so anonymously, as he wanted the glory to go to God. About this time, in the 3rd century, the pietist-monastic movement spread, where sincere converts to Christianity would give away all their money and possessions, then withdraw from the world to live in a cave as a hermit or join a monastery ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt promised, September 11, 1940: "I stand, with my party ... on the platform ... adopted in Chicago ... It said: 'We will not participate in foreign wars, and we will not send our Army, naval or air forces to fight in foreign lands outside of the Americas, EXCEPT IN CASE OF ATTACK.'"
Queen Elizabeth told her troops, August 19, 1588: "Let tyrants fear ... I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that ... Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm ... I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general ... Your valour ... shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people."
Hessian Jager Corps Captain Johann Heinrichs wrote to the Counsellor of the Court, January 18, 1778: "Call this war, dearest friend, by whatsoever name you may, only call it not an American Revolution, it is nothing more nor less than an Irish-Scotch Presbyterian Rebellion.”
