Jefferson continues to speak & America ought to listen. Wiser thoughts seldom have ever been penned.

In this instance Sen Goldwater is "spot on". The 1964 Republican nominee for president was the premier spokesman for his party int=heriting the mantle from Sen Dirksen & Pres Eisenhower. While he was viewed as extreme in that election many of his observations and statements today may be considered emphatically correct. Today's Republican party would do well to heed his words and reject out of hand the extremist views of its far-right and evangelical members.

Ever so true~~~~~~~~~~~~~

positively spot on (as the Brits say)!!

The Founding Fathers were so much wiser than our national idiots are today!

Ben Franklin ~~~ a sage among wise men

John Adams was one of our most astute Presidents and Founding Father.

Too bad the present administration does not consider the balance of government just and valid. The citizen must be constantly on guard to preserve their right to liberty.

President Kennedy ~~ where are you now when your nation needs you?

Amen!!!!!!!!!

As the Brits say: "Spot On!"

Right on, Ben! First the turkey & next beer ~~ the staple beverage of the 17t& 18th centuries!

As so many Founding Fathers have stated in their speeches, correspondence & remembrances, religion wa not & is not crucial to the creation of America! They were not "Christians" but Deists who believed in a Supreme Being or Providence. And, no where, is there any reference to Christianity, God or religion in our original founding documents!

A brillant leader & revolutionary ~ the true Father of the Revolution. For his ideas, borrowed from Locke & Rosseau, are the cornerstones of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, & Bill of Rights.

True ~~ spoken by one of the finest Senators & presidential candidates in American history. He lost, yes; but he consistently called the nation to a higher standard of justice & equality.

If you heard it, "I Have A Dream" (as it became known) was the most inspiring impromtu speech you ever heard. It ignited the Civil Rights movement & is still as inspriational as that Aug day when we marched on Washington DC!

Their philosophies & beliefs were so much superior than today yet I am sure the Fathers woud be dismayed at the body politic of today

How different things could have been ~~~~

outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And they make perfect bumper stickers

Reflects the spirit of not only Ms Bradstreet but the Plymouth colonists.

Cardinal Richelieu ~~~ Chief Minister to King Louis X!!! & antagonist in Dumas' "Three Musketeers"

A concept based on sound logic, ethics & an understanding of English law as expressed by Locke & Rousseau.

A sound principle expressed by a member of an old Virginia family

Fitting that his thoughts about the Declaration of Independence should be included in his last written letter for Jefferson's expression of the "natural rights" found in Locke & Rousseau are among his finest philosophies.

after all ~~~ the environment is our collective responsibility