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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

History and Quotes of our Founding Fathers and Framers

The following are relevant quotes from our Founding Fathers

and Framers. Because each of them appears at different times in
our Country’s history, they are presented by their year of birth. In

that historical era, communication was primarily by private letter or
published works – such as essays and editorials. Unlike today, from

which quips and quotes may come from televised speeches, only the

written word was available. We find quotes from our Founding
Fathers in letters to their families, friends and colleagues. These
quotes, from their private communications, are much more valuable

for the insight they provide. To understand the founding of this

nation, and those documents defining us, it is important to
understand the thought processes of these important persons to

this greatest Nation’s history, individually and collectively.
Our Founding Fathers were revolutionaries – not just in the

sense of revolting against England and the crown, recall that
independence was not the original intent. The original intent was

redress of grievances, and equality like their peers in England. As
their cause continued without impasse from England, their purpose

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