Characters

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men. Letter to James Warren November 4, 1775

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Duty

National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman. John Adams Letter to James Lloyd January 1815

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Never Forget

Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. Joseph Story Commentaries…

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What Rifle For a Rifleman?

(Part two of a nine part series, courtesy of Fred’s M14 Stocks) Assume you were just born. What would be really important to learn, once you reached a certain level of maturity? That 401(k) accounts might be useful to retirement? The various competing prescription programs in Congress? Arguments about school class sizes? What a great…

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Humiliating and Debasing Degradation

Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence? Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defence be the real object…

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