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“For the Founders, self-government meant the presence of two things: virtue (i.e., morality) and knowledge. As Samuel Adams put it, “If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.”
― Joshua Charles, Liberty's Secrets: The Lost Wisdom of America's Founders

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“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it. – JOHN ADAMS”
― Joshua Charles, Liberty's Secrets: The Lost Wisdom of America's Founders

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“The creation of the United States Constitution was a singularly unique event in man’s quest for self-government. Never before had an entire society created a form of government through reason, debate, and the application of ideas rather than the application of force.”
― Joshua Charles, Liberty's Secrets: The Lost Wisdom of America's Founders

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