Benjamin Franklin is the only Founding Father to have signed, The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Paris and the Constitution. The Trifecta; The three most important documents at our country’s inception. He was born in 1706 and died at the advanced age of 84 in 1790. So, his period…
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Watergate: Words From Our Preservers
It has been over fifty years since the Nixon administration attempted to bug the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Watergate Hotel. Nixon was about to win the general election against George McGovern in what can accurately be described as a landslide. Electoral Votes 520 to 17. Popular vote…
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Margaret Chase Smith: The Four Horsemen of Calumny
I believe it is time to include not only the wisdom of our Founders on this site but to also include what I will call The Preservers. Men and women who in times of great peril stood up for Constitutional Values. Today is not the first time this country has…
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A Word From Our Founders: Alexander Hamilton
Been a while since we added a Word From Our Founders but I was moved by an Alexander Hamilton Quote and thought it might be worth a few words. When The American Experiment in Democracy began, the Founders adopted a very conservative approach. They believed in an Aristocracy of Talent…
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James Madison
Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the poetry of America’s aspirations, Madison wrote the prose.
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Thomas Jefferson
The election of 1800 pitted the incumbent John Adams against Thomas Jefferson. The early founders abhorred the idea of political parties…
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is the only one of the founders who did not survive to an old age. Many lived into their 60s and beyond.
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John Jay
John Jay has historically been relegated to the second tier of the Founding Fathers. Yet he was instrumental in getting New York to ratify the Constitution. Had either Virginia or New York failed to ratify the Constitution it is unlikely that the young nation would have survived. He successfully negotiated…