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it lays the taxation only on the willing.

    T o compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical.

    I f we can prevent govt. from wasting the labor of the people under the pretense of taking care of them—they must become happy.

    T he boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next & the sole guardian of the principles we deliver over to them.

    I t is in the natural course of events that liberty recedes & govt. grows.

    I never considered a dif. of opinion in pols. in religion, in phil. as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

    T he bulk of mankind are school boys through life. Ed. is the true corrective of abuses of const. power.

    T he force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own govt.
    George Washington

    I t is not consistent with reason or justice to expect that one set of men should make a sacrifice of property, domestic ease & happiness encounter the rigid of the field, the perils & vicissitudes of war to obtain these blessings which every citizen will enjoy on common with them without some compensation.

    I f any body of people are allowed to go unpunished to rise & disobey any law, all law & order would soon vanish.

    W e must never parley or haggle with sedition, treason or lawlessness but must strike a blow that cannot be parried & at once.

    F reedom from want must never be interpreted as freedom from the necessity to struggle.

    T o Lafayette 1791: The tumultuous populace of the large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence frustrated for all time all pub. authority & its consequences are sometimes extensive & terrible.
    Alan C. Brownfield

    E d. which trains in skills but does not teach values is deficient. Its emphasis today all too often does not seek to make the individual a thinking person but seeks to condition him to the generally accepted view of the common good.
    C. S. Lewis

    T he older ed. was a kind of propagation—men transmitted manhood to man—the new is merely propaganda.
    Ortega Y. Gasset

    C ivilization is not self supporting—it is artificial and requires the artist or the artisan. If you want to make use of the advantages of civilization but are not prepared to concern yourself with the upholding of civilization—you are done.
    Edmund Burke

    I t is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the pub. to be the most anxious for its welfare.
    Abe Lincoln

    L abor was prior to capitalism but property is the fruit of labor. Prop. is desirable & is a positive good to the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich & hence is just encouragement to industry & enterprise.

    A man may be loyal to his govt. & still be opposed to the peculiar prins. & practices of the admin. in power.

    W ith public sentiment behind you, anything is possible. Without it, nothing is possible. Therefore, he who influences public sentiment performs a vastly more significant act than he who simply meets statutes.
    Winston Churchill

    T he destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world we learn we are spirits not animals. There is something going on in time & space & beyond time & space which whether we like it or not spells duty.
    F.D.R. on Public Employee Strikes

    I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organizations of govt. employees. A strike of pub. emps. manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of govt. until their demands are satisfied. Such action looking toward the paralysis of govt. by those who have sworn to support it is unthinkable & intolerable.
    J.F.K.

    W e are in danger of losing something solid at the core. We are losing that pilgrim & pioneer spirit of initiative and