A Quote A Day From The Founding Fathers
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A Quote A Day From The Founding Fathers
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A quote a day from the Founding Fathers. The original group of Americans to speak truth to power. ---- Created by: https://bsky.app/profile/thelibertypear.com See weekly recaps on www.TheLibertyPear.com
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"nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle."

- Thomas Jefferson
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"I cannot live without books."

- Thomas Jefferson
"I cannot live without books."

- Thomas Jefferson
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" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."

- Thomas Jefferson
" . . . there is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive."

- Thomas Jefferson
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"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

- Patrick Henry
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"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."

- Thomas Jefferson
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

- Patrick Henry
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."

- Thomas Jefferson
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"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."

- Benjamin Franklin
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy."

- Benjamin Franklin
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"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "

- Thomas Jefferson
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"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

- James Madison
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

- James Madison
"What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment . . . "

- Thomas Jefferson
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"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."

- Thomas Jefferson
"bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education & free discussion are the antidotes of both."

- Thomas Jefferson
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"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

- Thomas Jefferson
"our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

- Thomas Jefferson
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"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."

- John Adams
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"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."

- Thomas Jefferson
"it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."

- Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it..."

- John Adams