Restoring Government To “Of, By and For the People”

“We have heard of the impious doctrine in the old world, that the people were made for kings, not kings for the people. Is the same doctrine to be revived in the new, in another shape - that the solid happiness of the people is to be sacrificed to the views of political institutions of [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under Founders' Quotes, US Presidents.
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Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of President Ronald Wilson Reagan’s death, 1911-2004. The Patriot has developed the most comprehensive resource on, and tribute to, Ronald Reagan, and I personally found it fascinating.
In this presidential election year, I believe the following statement to be as true today as it was when first spoken in 1964 in [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2008 under US Presidents.
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In his State of the Union Address on December 1, 1796 America’s first President, George Washington indicated the need for a national university. He stated:
“Amongst the motives to such an institution, the assimilation of the principles, opinions, and manners of our country-men by the common education of a portion of our youth from every quarter [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2008 under US Government 101, US Presidents.
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