"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past."

- Clara Barton 

"The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty."

- Dr. Benjamin Rush 

"The only way to be loved is to be and to appear lovely; to possess and display kindness, benevolence, tenderness; to be free from selfishness and to be alive to the welfare of others."

- John Jay 

"Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!"

- Henry Ward Beecher  

"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism." 

- Alexander Hamilton

The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775