“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 now, deserve the love and thanks of man and woman.”
Thomas Paine, American Crisis, No., 1, published December 19, 1776 and read to Washington’s troops on December 23, 1776, before the Battle of Trenton. (Source: Library of Congress. Printed broadside version showing December 19, 1776 date.
