President’s Day is here. One way I celebrate the day is by considering the wise sayings of some of our nation’s leaders: Pour a tea or coffee and join me as we take a moment to embrace our personal responsibility to keep the cause of freedom alive.
Washington and Lincoln
“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.” —George Washington
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” —Abraham Lincoln
Washington and Jefferson
“If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington
“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” —Thomas Jefferson
Kennedy and Reagan
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”—John F. Kennedy
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” —Ronald Reagan
My Favorite
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” —Thomas Jefferson (often attributed) I often quote this short truth to my students. When I ponder history, it’s only the eternal vigilance of We the People that has kept us as a nation.
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