Archive for Archive for April, 2009
FFQF: What Was the American Revolution?
Today, John Adams will answer that question for us. His answer comes from a letter written to an early American historian by the name of Hezekiah Niles, dated February 13, 1818. Several of Niles’ invaluable texts on American history are available for reading and searching here. But what do we mean by the American Revolution? [...]
FFQF: Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin died this day, on April 17, 1790. So today we will cite a great quote from him: Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1734) Loss of liberty was no accident in our country. Nor was it the fault of corrupt politicians alone. We sold [...]
FFQF: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt
Everyone knows the famous saying by Ben Franklin, that the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes. Which one is worse? Heh. (Hat tip: Patriot Humor) My FFQF today comes from an email I recently received from Wallbuilders, David Barton’s group. As usual, his stuff is choc-full of quotations from the [...]
FFQF: Benjamin Rush, ‘Christocrat’
Founding Father Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence and “father of American education” (until about 100 years ago) brings things in perspective. I have been alternately called an aristocrat and a democrat. I am now neither. I am a Christocrat. I believe all power … will always fail of producing order and happiness [...]