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"There can be no national greatness which does not rest upon the personal integrity of the people."
Calvin Coolidge

“I know that often I longed for someone with whom I could talk of books, writers, and things of the mind…”
Louis L'Amour

"...responsible leading must be learned and earned...just as virtue, which is the core of responsible leading, is earned: by living in accordance with the instructions of conscience, and by working to emulate the exemplary legacies of those we study and the active examples of those from whom we learn."
Josiah Bunting III

"...I am convinced that [quality group discussion] accomplishes more than any other form of teaching."
Jacques Barzun

“If a people expect to be ignorant and free…they expect what never was and never will be.”
Thomas Jefferson

“It is …most devoutly to be wished that…those to whom everything dear and valuable is entrusted would lay aside party views and return to first principles.”
George Washington

“Only in a small group [discussion] can the student learn to marshal his thoughts, expose his weaknesses, argue out his beliefs, and gain that familiarity with the “ropes” of a given subject…”
Jacques Barzun

"The process of civilization consists of the discovery by men of the laws of the universe, and of living in harmony with those laws."
Calvin Coolidge

"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
Samuel Adams

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
Benjamin Franklin

"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."
Thomas Paine

"The key is to have lots of discussions, both planned and spontaneous, about [your] readings."
Oliver Van DeMille

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
Samuel Adams

"The hour's discussion must not go off in all directions like a leaky hose. It must have a pattern..."
Jacques Barzun

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance given to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt."
Cicero

"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
James Madison

"Security is the chief enemy of mortals."
William Shakespeare

"People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
Cicero

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi