“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” ~~ John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780
Filed Under: Children, Freedom, John Adams, Peace
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” ~~ W.E.B. Du Bois
“A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers.” ~~ W.E.B. Du Bois
“Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? ” ~~ Francis Scott Key
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.” ~~ Benjamin Franklin
“Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.” ~~ Albert Einstein
“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.” ~~ Amelia Earhart
“I long to hear that you have declared independence — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” ~~ Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776
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