by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Equality, Founders, Government, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 2, 2013 | Education, Founders, government, Government, Politics, President, Quotes
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. -Abraham Lincoln
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 2, 2013 | Education, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes
“A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties...
