Thursday, June 05, 2008

Quotes of the Day

From The Patriot Post

"The best service that can be rendered to a Country, next to that of giving it liberty, is in diffusing the mental improvement equally essential to the preservation, and the enjoyment of the blessing." ~ James Madison (letter to Littleton Dennis Teackle, 29 March 1826)

"No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in its effect towards supporting free and good government." ~ Thomas Jefferson (letter to Trustees for the Lottery of East Tennessee College, 6 May 1810)

3 comments:

Timothy W Higgins said...

Maggie,

As I am sure you expected, I have another to add, and from your same source, Thomas Jefferson.

Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.

Timothy W Higgins said...

Maggie,

Not content with my original addition, I did some digging into the "Wayback Machine" for something additional. Here it is:

"Liberty without learning is always in peril. Learning without liberty is alwasy in vain."
- John F Kennedy

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