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21 November 2011 I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth – that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise […] November 22nd, 2011 | Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Constitutional Convention | Category: American Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers, History, Pennsylvania, Quotations, United States, US Constitution | Comments are closed
22 August 2011 “…In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe farther that this […] August 22nd, 2011 | Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, James Madison, James Wilson, Philadelphia | Category: corruption, Founding Fathers, Government, History, Pennsylvania, US Constitution | Comments are closed
“I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth, I traveled much. I observed different countries that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves and, […] January 17th, 2011 | Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr | Category: American Revolutionary War, Civil rights, Founding Fathers, Glenn Beck, History, Racism, Video | Comments are closed
Elizabeth Scalia The Anchoress 7/4/2010 Bender gives us this in the comments; George Washington being told what to do by the “idiotic cerebral meritocracy”: This piece by Larry Getlen, at the NY Post is a must-read for the day: Washington’s plan was to conquer the Hessians on Dec. 26 by sending troops across […] July 5th, 2010 | Tags: "The Crossing", Benjamin Franklin, Gen. Horatio Gates, George Washington | Category: American Revolutionary War, Department of Justice, Education, Federal Government, Video | Comments are closed
Founders’ Library Claremont Institute On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, 1776 by Benjamin Franklin …But, it seems, we Farmers must take so much less, that the poor may have it so much cheaper. This operates then as a tax for the maintenance of the poor. A very good thing, you will […] March 16th, 2010 | Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Charity, poverty | Category: Founding Fathers, Glenn Beck, Taxes | Comments are closed
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