by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Ben Franklin, Founders, Freedom, New, Quotes
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety” Ben Franklin, written by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755.
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 2, 2016 | Founders, Government, James Wilson, Natural Law, New, Quotes
“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind.” James...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 1, 2016 | Founders, Patrick Henry, Quotes
“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” Patrick Henry, A passage from the “Give me Liberty or...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Feb 25, 2016 | Debt, Economics, economy, Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Subject, Thomas Jefferson, Topics
“I say, the earth belongs to each of these generations during its course, fully and in its own right. The second generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbrances of the first, the third of the second, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Apr 30, 2015 | Ben Franklin, Founders, Freedom, Quotes, Subject
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.” Benjamin Franklin, Letter to the Abbes Chalut and Arnoux, 1787
by Mike Van Schoiack | Apr 7, 2015 | Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes, Religion, Subject
“We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that Religion Flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.” James...
