"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience .  I know of no way of judging of the future b...

“The "Federalist" may fairly enough be regarded as the most authentic exposition of the text of the federal Constitution as und...

George Washington firmly believed in the importance of civic education. “[T]he best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy pe...

“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of people tha...

“By the latter part of the 1790s Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had become bitter political opponents. The friendship they had forged as...

S peaking of the debates for Independence in the Continental Congress in 1776, thirty-seven years afterwards, Thomas Jefferson declared t...

Abraham Lincoln issued a Presidential Proclamation on February 19, 1862, requesting that all citizens gather on the 22nd and celebra...