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Safeguarding Liberty: American Historical Quotes & Perspectives

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Explore impactful quotes and perspectives from American historical figures like James Madison, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Reflect on the essence of liberty, the horrors of war, and the significance of government actions in shaping the American experience. Gain insights into history shared by notable figures and unravel the complexities of federal spending and industrial standards.

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  1. Liberty & the American Experience Part II

  2. “Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.”James Madison, 1795

  3. Look with “utmost horror and detestation” on anyone who “wishes, under any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country.”

  4. Look with “utmost horror and detestation” on anyone who “wishes, under any specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country.”

  5. “Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only gray but almost blind inyour service.”

  6. “Having now finishedthe work assigned me,I retire from the greattheatre of action, andbidding an affectionatefarewell to this augustbody under whose ordersI have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments of public life.”George Washington, December 23, 1783

  7. “Having now finishedthe work assigned me,I retire from the greattheatre of action, andbidding an affectionatefarewell to this augustbody under whose ordersI have so long acted, I here offer my commission and take leave of all the employments of public life.”George Washington, December 23, 1783

  8. “A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”Thomas Jefferson, 1801

  9. “The tea has been thrown overboard; the revolution of 1860 has been initiated.”Charleston Mercury, November 8, 1860.

  10. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”Abraham Lincoln, 1862

  11. Federal Spending

  12. “Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.”James Madison, 1795

  13. It is only through enforced standardization of methods, enforced adoption of the best implements and working conditions, and enforced cooperation that this faster work can be assured. And the duty of enforcing the adoption of standards and enforcing this cooperation rests with management alone.

  14. I can say, without the slightest hesitation, that the science of handling pig-iron is so great that the man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently phlegmatic and stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron.