“We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties — our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.” – Gerald Ford
Nov 6, 2024
“There was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare, but still enough to meet the emergency.” – William Seward, U.S. Sec. of State during the Civil War
Nov 5, 2024
“May none but the honest and wise ever rule under this roof.” – President John Adams (on his second day in the White House)
Nov 4, 2024
“Revolutionary change does not come as one cataclysmic moment, but as an endless succession of surprises, zigzagging toward a more decent society.” – Howard Zinn
Nov 3, 2024
“My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.” – Raoul Dufy
Nov 2, 2024
807 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes described as the sister of the Magna Carta, and granted rights of free men to use the forests of England once reserved for King William I and his descendants. Many today learn from Robin Hood productions that the "kingswood" was a place where people couldn't hunt or gather. The Charter of the Forest changed that and remained in force for centuries. HEAR what legal scholars have to say... (1217)
