Daily Quote 4/23/2006

Monday, April 17, 2006
"A dying man can do nothing easy." --Benjamin Franklin (after his daughter asked him to move, 17 April 1790), Reference: The Life of Franklin, Sparks, vol. 1 (531)

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
"The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." --Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 11, 1787), Reference: The Federalist

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
"What a glorious morning this is!" --Samuel Adams (to John Hancock at the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, 19 April 1775), Reference: American Statesman: Samual Adams, Hosmer (297)

Thursday, April 20, 2006
"Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred." --Alexander Hamilton and James Madison (Federalist No. 20, 11 December 1787), Reference: Hamilton, Federalist No. 20 (138)

Friday, April 21, 2006
"We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it." --George Washington (letter to James Madison, 30 November 1785), Reference: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (315)

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