It is in the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic. . . . degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats into the heart of its laws and constitution.

- Thomas Jefferson

​Character​ Manifest

Wisdom Deprecated: Education in Decline
Lost Temperance: Obesity and Drugs
The Quest for Spirituality

It is in the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. . . degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats into the heart of its laws and constitution.

- Thomas Jefferson

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

- James Madison

He is an old soldier, and will fight as long as a drop of blood remains in his veins.

- On Col. William Prescott

at Bunker Hill

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety..

- Ben Franklin