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- Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. — John Adams
- In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
- Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. — James Madison
- A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. — James Madison
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. — James Madison