Post by Derek Chancellor

“Who would have thought a hundred years ago that out of this multitude of rabble would arise a people who could defy kings.” — Hessian Army Commander Johann von Ewald “…our Government daily acquires strength and stability. The union is complete…nothing hinders our being a very happy and prosperous people, provided we have wisdom rightly to estimate our blessings and hearts to improve them.” — Abigail Adams “I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on steady advance…and even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and liberties of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them. In short, the flames kindled on the 4th of July 1776 have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism.” — Thomas Jefferson in a letter to John Adams #America250