Facts

"Facts are stubborn things."

John Adams

Experience

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."

Patric Henry

The Free Exercise of Religion

"It is true, we are not disposed to differ much, at present, about religion; but when we are making a constitution, it is to be hoped, for ages and millions yet unborn, why not establish the free exercise of religion as a part of the national compact."

Richard Henry Lee

Courage

"One man with courage is a majority."

Thomas Jefferson

One of the Best in the World

"That the government, though not absolutely perfect, is one of the best in the world, I have little doubt."

George Washington

A Melancholy Reflection

"It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the Government have too much or too little power.

James Madison

Good Government

"It is not enough to constitute a good government; it is equally indispensable to adopt such methods as may assure the permanency of a good government"

Thomas Paine

The Guardian of our Common Rights

"We have established a common Government, which, being free in its principles, being founded in our own choice, being intended as the guardian of our common rights and the patron of our common interests, and wisely containing within itself a provision for its own amendment as experience may point out its errors, seems to promise everything that can be expected from such an institution; and if supported by wise counsels, by virtuous conduct, and by mutual and friendly allowances, must approach as near to perfection as any human work can aspire, and nearer than any which the annals of mankind have recorded."

James Madison

Two Choices

"Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants."

Benjamin Franklin