July 4 1776 Declaration of Independence
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November 15 1777 Articles of Confederation
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September 17 1787 U.S. Constitution
December 15 1791 Bill of Rights
Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is [sic] taken to bring it to light.
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of very Americans to be informed.
No People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Viture is preserved.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
If it be asked, what is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, an inviolable respect for the Constitution and laws.
American belongs to ‘We the People.’ It does not belong to Congress. It doesn’t belong to special interest groups. It does not belong to the courts. It belongs to ‘We the People’…”
A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
Where there is no law, there is no liberty.
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
The Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Learn more.
Our National Anthem
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight. o’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air., gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
