Brian Bridgeforth

“If [Congress] be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand those high qualities.”
― James Garfield

“Study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
― Winston Churchill

“[A Republic] is productive of every Thing which is great and excellent among Men. But its Principles are as easily destroyed as human Nature is corrupted.”
― John Adams

“The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.”
― Klemens von Metternich