Principles of Liberty Part I

“…to the support of the Constitution and laws, let every American pledge his life, his liberty and his sacred honor;…let it become the political religion of the nation…”
Abraham Lincoln

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
Thomas Jefferson

"The individual has rights, but only the citizen has the power to protect rights. And the protection of rights is righteous."
Calvin Coolidge

"...the serious study of history has been declining for half a century and more [1991]...those who understand the past can prepare prudently for a tolerable future"
Russell Kirk

“As I talked to some of these enthusiastic new Congressmen, it soon became apparent that their zeal was sincere and that any mistakes they might be making were the results of ignorance, not malicious intent.”
Cleon Skousen

"...it is the Right of the People to alter [their government]...laying its foundations on such principles..."
Declaration of Independence

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
John Adams

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Thomas Jefferson

“…only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.”
Benjamin Franklin

"It is probably no exaggeration to say that economics developed mainly as the outcome of the investigation and refutation of successive Utopian proposals."
F. A. Hayek

"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."
Frederic Bastiat

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.”
Isaiah