Founder’s Quote

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts. […]

“There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so much as […]

“Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” —Benjamin Franklin (1722)

“Nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” —Benjamin Rush (1788)