The Notes (14 page)

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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

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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.

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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

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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.