Without The Restraints Of Religion And Social

A Simple Democracy Is The Devil's Own Government.

While The Business Of Education In Europe Consists In Lectures Upon The Ruins Of Palmyra And The Antiquities Of Herculaneum , Or In Disputes About Hebrew Points, Greek Particles, Or The Accent And Quantity Of The Roman Language, The Youth Of America Will Be Employed In Acquiring Those Branches Of Knowledge Which Increase The Conveniences Of Life.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property. Let Him Be Taught To Love His Family, But Let Him Be Taught At The Same Time That He Must Forsake And Even Forget Them When The Welfare Of His Country Requires It.

Upon My Return From The Army To Baltimore In The Winter Of 1777, I Sat Next To John Adams In Congress, And Upon My Whispering To Him And Asking Him If He Thought We Should Succeed In Our Struggle With Great Britain, He Answered Me, "yes-if We Fear God And Repent Of Our Sins."

Liberty Without Virtue Would Be No Blessing To Us.