♦ nivek ♦ Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 "Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us."-- Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) signed the Declaration of Independence http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Benjamin.Rush.Quote.8AE2 "The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), 34th US President, WWII General http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Dwight.Eisenhower.Quote.8B1B "Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks." -- D. H. Lawrence [David Herbert Lawrence] (1885-1938) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/D..H..Lawrence.Quote.8B43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted February 23, 2010 Super Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2010 Glad you're back. I missed your quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerplunk288 Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Good quote, particularly the Rush one. I think it would do the country good to return to a sort of civic republicanism emphasizing the reality of virtue, otherwise there is little hope for moral or political unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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