The Most Interesting People Are Never Perfect.

We Are Raising A Generation Of Young Americans Who Are, To A Very Large Degree, Historically Illiterate. It's Not Their Faults. There's No Problem About Enlisting Their Interest In History. None. The Problem Is The Teachers So Often Have No History In Their Background.

May None But Honest And Wise Men Ever Rule Under This Roof.

Exercise Free Will And Creative, Independent Thought Not For The Satisfactions They Will Bring You, But For The Good They Will Do Others, The Rest Of The 6.8 Billion–and Those Who Will Follow Them. And Then You Too Will Discover The Great And Curious Truth Of The Human Experience Is That Selflessness Is The Best Thing You Can Do For Yourself. The Sweetest Joys Of Life, Then, Come Only With The Recognition That You’re Not Special. Because Everyone Is.

According To Adams, Jefferson Proposed That He, Adams, Do The Writing [pf The Declaration Of Independence], But That He Declined, Telling Jefferson He Must Do It. Why?" Jefferson Asked, As Adams Would Recount. Reasons Enough," Adams Said. What Can Be Your Reasons?" Reason First: You Are A Virginian And A Virginian Ought To Appear At The Head Of This Business. Reason Second: I Am Obnoxious, Suspected And Unpopular. You Are Very Much Otherwise. Reason Third: You Can Write Ten Times Better Than I Can.

I'm Very Aware How Many Distractions The Reader Has In Life Today, How Many Good Reasons There Are To Put The Book Down.