“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately”
― Benjamin Franklin

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace”
― Tom Paine

“Give me liberty or give me death”
– Patrick Henry

“Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty”
– Christopher Hitchens

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker”
– John Adams

“There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come!”
– Patrick Henry

“As in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other”
― Thomas Paine

“Honor, justice and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty, which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children; but it is our duty to leave liberty to them”
– John Dickinson

“Remember officers and soldiers, that you are free men, fighting for the blessings of Liberty – that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men”
– George Washington

“When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties”
― Marquis De Lafayette

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776

When Elvis met Bond

THE inimitable Spitz & Co, creators of Elvis in Blue Hawaii, are back in Dorset with another sideways look at the King – The Spy who Loved me Tender starts its short tour at Wootton Fitzpaine village hall on Thursday 12th February.

Spitz & Co are a comedy and physical theatre company who have been entertaining Artsreach audiences for some years – other shows include Glorilla, Gloriator and Les Gloriables. The new action-packed comedy is full of diabolical villains, Bond girls, car chases and iconic songs – the audience is sure to be shaken, stirred and left in stitches.

Fresh from winning Best Elvis Tribute Act (aged 55+) Southwest Region 2025, Elvis impersonator Ian Pollock is dreaming bigger and bolder than ever. His new mission? To write and star in a genre-busting, hip-shaking blockbuster James Bond musical … with Bond played by Elvis! Aided by his ever-loyal tour manager Josephine, and with a little audience back-up, Ian takes us on a globe-trotting escapade full of diabolical villains, Bond girls, car chases, iconic songs, and plenty of bling!

The Spy Who Loved Me Tender will also be at Sturminster Marshall’s Memorial Hall on Friday 13th February and Briantspuddle on Saturday 14th. All performances start at 7.30pm.