Founder’s Quote
Saint of the Day for December 21: Saint Peter Canisius (May 8, 1521 – Dec. 21, 1597)
December 21, 2017
Daily Reading & Meditation: Thursday (December 21)
December 21, 2017
We the People
“A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.” —Thomas Jefferson (1823)
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*Image: “The Committee of Five” [detail] from The Declaration of Independence by John Turnbull, 1818 [U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC]. Presenting the Declaration [to John Hancock, not shown here] are John Adams on the left, Thomas Jefferson in the center, and Benjamin Franklin on the right, with Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston behind.
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