Founders
The Tendency Of All Human Governments
And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for the second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering. Thomas Jefferson…
Read MoreThe Germ of Virtue
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 19 1787
Read MoreSuspect Everyone
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. Patrick Henry Virginia Ratifying Convention June 5, 1788
Read MoreRebellion To Tyrants
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Evening Post December 14, 1775
Read MoreDemocracy
Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams Letter to John Taylor April 15, 1814
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