“…I conceiv'd the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wish'd to live without committing any fault at any t...

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns ...

 “Christmas was primarily a religious holiday in 18th century Virginia, described by one colonist in 1774 as 'the day set apart to ...

“Thoughts on Government” was written by John Adams during the spring of 1776 in response to a resolution of the North Carolina Provinci...

Algernon Sidney (1622-1683) wrote his Discourses Concerning Government in argument against the divine right of Kings, and in support of ind...

                                                              John J. Patrick [1] shared the following insights and teaching ideas fo...

Most Americans know Dolley Madison as the heroine who saved the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from the White House when Bri...