"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle."
- Thomas Jefferson
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"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot live without books."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot live without books."
- Thomas Jefferson
" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."
- Thomas Jefferson
" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
- Thomas Jefferson
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."
- Benjamin Franklin
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."
- Benjamin Franklin
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"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "
- Thomas Jefferson
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison
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"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James Madison
"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "
- Thomas Jefferson
"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."
- Thomas Jefferson
"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."
- Thomas Jefferson
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
- Thomas Jefferson
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."
- Thomas Jefferson
"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."
- John Adams
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both."
- James Madison
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both."
- James Madison
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"When a broad table is to be made, and the edges of planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint. In like manner here both sides must part with some of their demands, in order that they may join in some accommodating proposition"
- Benjamin Franklin
Another Week of Founders' Wisdom
Seven more days of timeless inspiration from America's greatest minds.
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