by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 21, 2013 | Founders, Government, John Adams, President, Quotes
“While all other Sciences have advanced, that of Government is at a stand; little better understood; little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.” John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (9 July 1813) Courtesy of Wiki Quote...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 21, 2013 | Economics, Education, Founders, John Adams, President, Quotes
“All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” John...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 20, 2013 | Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes
“”Hence it is that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general have been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Alexander Hamilton, Constitution, Founders, Quotes
Writing about our Constitution in Federalist 1, Alexander Hamilton said: “Until the people have, by some solemn and authoritative act, annulled or changed the established form, it is binding upon them collectively, as well as individually; and no presumption or...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“History, by apprising the people of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Economics, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes
“The enviable condition of the people of the United States is often too much ascribed to the physical advantages of their soil & climate …. But a just estimate of the happiness of our country will never overlook what belongs to the fertile activity of...
