Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the Unite States. He had two significant accomplishments during his presidency. He preserved the Union, and he put an end to slavery in America. He gave his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg. It’s one of the greatest…
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Equal Treatment Under The Law
The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are written in stone over the main entrance of the United States Supreme Court Building. They were derived from the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, which states: “No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection…
The Preservation of Our Liberty
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. He also founded the University of Virginia. Here, he explained why public education is essential to our survival as a nation: “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance…
The Wisdom of James Madison
James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. He was the Father of the Constitution and the principal author of the Bill of Rights. He said: “In the former sense, a man’s land, or merchandise, or money is called his property. In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions…
America Was Founded on Christianity
Noah Webster was a historian, an educator, and a textbook author, who was called the Father of American Education and Scholarship. Here are some of his most informative quotes: “Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America, the…
Just Men Who Will Rule In The Fear Of God
Noah Webster was a historian, an educator, and a textbook author, who was called The Schoolmaster of the Republic. In his book, Value of the Bible and Excellence of the Christian Religion: For the Use of Families and Schools, he said, “The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men…
Benjamin Franklin’s Request for Prayer at The Constitutional Convention
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations. Benjamin Franklin believed in God, and he also believed in the power of prayer. He was eighty-one when he attended the Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1787. He made a motion…
A Conspiracy to Seize Power
“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wasting The Labor of The People
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson
A Government of Incompetent Men
“There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” – Ludwig von Mises