Founder’s Quote

“The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from […]

“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” —James Madison (1788)

“Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern […]

“The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general.” […]