Monday, May 9, 2011

Liberty Quotes


"The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." -Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss philosopher, poet
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Henri-Frédéric.Amiel.Quote.3F94

"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom." -John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President Source: "Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America," 1787 http://www.constitution.org/jadams/ja1_00.htm
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Adams.Quote.3910

"The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it." -John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Considered the ideological progenitor of the American Revolution and who, by far, was the most often non-biblical writer quoted by the Founding Fathers of the USA. 1693
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Locke.Quote.3361

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