“All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision. To restrain this, is inevitably to bring a Rust upon Mens Understandings.” UnderstandingSidesLibertyCornersMannersRoughPolishPolitenessRustCollisionOwing Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Learning has been as great a Loser by being shut up in Colleges and Cells, and secluded from the World and good Company. By that Means, every Thing of what we call Belles Lettres became totally barbarous, being cultivated by Men without any Taste of Life or Manners, and without that Liberty and Facility of Thought and Expression, which can only be acquir'd by Conversation.” MenWorldMeanHas BeensCompanyLibertyLearningCollegeExpressionTasteConversationCellsMannersLoserShut UpFacilityGood CompanySecludedTaste Of Life Book:Essays Moral, Political, and Literary Source: Essays Moral, Political, and Literary
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.” WholeAmericaForceCommonLibertyEnemyPrinciplesRevolutionMannersFoundingFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersAmerican RevolutionUs Founding FathersDissolutionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersInvadersChristian HeritageAmerican LibertyRevolution Founding FathersCommon Enemy Book:The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1778-1802 Source: The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1778-1802