“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives.” – Patrick Henry
Tag: freedom
The Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” John Adams
If a Nation Expects to Be Ignorant and Free
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . It expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jefferson
It Is Impossible to Enslave a Bible-Reading People
Horace Greeley said, “It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”