Wisdom & Inspiration from Founders

s you celebrate our 249th anniversary of declaring our nation’s independence, consider these words from a few of our founders and thank the Lord for their wisdom, courage and sacrifice. We would do well to follow in their example.

“Take care that they don’t go astray. Cultivate their minds, inspire their little hearts, raise their wishes. Fix their attention upon great and glorious objects, root out every little thing, weed out every meanness, make them great and manly. Teach them to scorn injustice , ingratitude, cowardice, and falsehood. Let them revere nothing but religion, morality, and liberty.” —John Adams, 1776

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” —Patrick Henry, 1775

“Those who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” —Benjamin Franklin, 1775

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animated contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our country men!” —Samuel Adams, 1776

“I expressly say that Congress is not a representative body but a diplomatic body, a collection of ambassadors from thirteen sovereign states... Nor indeed, in any moment of my life, did I ever approve of a consolidated government or would I have given my vote for it. A consolidated government under a monarchy, and aristocracy, or democracy, or mixture of either, would have flown to pieces like a glass bubble under the first blow of a hammer on an anvil.”
—John Adams, 1824

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN THE FRAY AT LANDMARK EVENTS!