“We had a secret resource of a nature unknown to the enemy, it was in the unconquerable resolution of our citizens, the conscious rectitude of our cause, and a confident trust that we should not be forsaken by Heaven.”
“. . . nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
“The best policy in a free nation is often no law at all, but leave it to the people to govern themselves, or as Jefferson stated, ‘That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.’ This is often the best protection of our unalienable rights.”
“The slaveholding states wanted enslaved people counted as whole persons for representation but not for taxation. The Northern states desired the opposite. Three-fifths was their compromise.”
“Silencing people is a greater threat to democracy than their opinions will ever be.”
“I don’t know how it happens, Sister but I meet with no body but myself, that’s always in the right.”
“…what we speak today will be the reality of tomorrow. If you speak the Language of Liberty today, you will have liberty tomorrow. If you speak the Language of Captivity today, you will have captivity tomorrow.”
“In short, my educational philosophy is, balance. My educational technology philosophy is, balance. With or without the tech—BALANCE!”
