"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty.
The activist is the man who cleans up the river."
- Ross Perot, 1930 - 


"I think it much better that, as we all go along together,
that every man paddle his own canoe."
- Character of "The Indian" in "The Settlers in Canada", by Captain Marryat, 1844


"Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go canoeing."
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817 - 1862