The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of 2,500 Wise & Witty Quotations from the Men & Women Who Created America Book

	Introduction	ix
	John Adams	1
	John Quincy Adams	2
	Samuel Adams	2
	Advice & Advisors	3
	Age & Aging	3
	Aggression	6
	Agriculture & Farming	6
	Alcohol, Alcoholism, & Drunkenness	8
	Ambition	9
	America & Americanism	11
	Anger	18
	Appearances & Vanity	19
	Argument & Debate	20
	Benedict Arnold	20
	Arts	20
	Attention & Neglect	22
	Bad Company	23
	Baltimore	23
	Banks & Banking	23
	Bigotry	23
	Bill of Rights	24
	Books	25
	Boston	25
	Botany & Gardening	25
	Bravery & Courage	26
	Aaron Burr	26
	Business & Trade	27
	Change	30
	Character	30
	Charity	31
	Children & Parenting	32
	Cities	33
	Civil Rights	34
	Compromise & Moderation	34
	Congress	34
	Connecticut	35
	Conscience	36
	Consistency	37
	Constitution	38
	Corruption & Bribery	48
	Crime & Punishment	48
	Cynicism	49
	Death	51
	Declaration of Independence	53
	Defamation & Personal Attacks	56
	Democracy & Republicanism	57
	Dependence	63
	Difficulties & Adversity	63
	Discipline	64
	Due Process	65
	Duty	66
	Economics	67
	Education	67
	Elections & Politics	72
	England (United Kingdom)	74
	Envy & Malice	78
	Equality & Equal Rights	78
	Error	80
	Excuses	81
	Expansion & Manifest Destiny	81
	Experience	82
	Facts & Opinions	83
	Faith	83
	Family	83
	First Settlers	84
	The Flag	89
	Flattery & Praise	89
	Force & Coercion	90
	Foreign Influence	92
	Foreign Relations & Policy	92
	France	96
	Benjamin Franklin	97
	Freedom	97
	Freedom of Speech & Press	99
	Friends & Friendship	104
	Future	106
	Abraham Alfonse Albert Galatin	107
	Gambling	107
	Geography	107
	Georgia	108
	God & Providence	108
	Good & Evil	110
	Government	110
	Government Spending & Public Debt	124
	Great Men & Statesmen	126
	Greed	127
	Guns & Weapons	127
	Alexander Hamilton	128
	Happiness	128
	Health & Medicine	130
	History	131
	Honesty	133
	Honor	133
	Human Nature	134
	Humanity	134
	Humility	134
	Hypocrisy	134
	Immigration	136
	Impeachment	137
	Independence & National Freedom	137
	Intelligence & Knowledge	142
	Thomas Jefferson	145
	John Paul Jones	146
	Judiciary & the Courts	147
	Juries	152
	Justice	152
	Kentucky	154
	Kings & Aristocrats	154
	Labor & Work	157
	Language & Writing	158
	Laws	160
	Lawyers	165
	Laziness & Sloth	168
	Liberty	168
	Lies & Falsehoods	176
	Love	177
	Luck & Good Fortune	178
	James Madison	179
	Majorities & Minorities	179
	Manners	180
	Marriage	181
	Massachusetts	184
	Means & Ends	184
	Memory	184
	Mercy & Compassion	184
	Military & War	185
	Modesty	196
	Money	196
	James Monroe	197
	Morality & Moralists	198
	Motives & Intentions	199
	Native Americans	200
	Natural Law	205
	Nature & Wildlife	207
	Necessity	208
	New England	208
	North Carolina	209
	Thomas Paine	210
	Passion	211
	Patriotism	211
	Patronage & Appointments	217
	Peace	217
	Pennsylvania	219
	Perseverance & Determination	219
	Pessimism & Optimism	220
	Philosophy & Ethics	220
	Pleasure & Pain	221
	Political Parties & Factions	221
	Posterity	223
	Poverty & Economic Inequality	224
	Power	226
	Presidency	231
	Pride & Vanity	233
	Privacy	234
	Progress	234
	Property	234
	Public Office	237
	Public Opinion & Prejudice	239
	Puritanism	242
	Reason	243
	Religion	244
	Revolution & Rebellion	263
	Rhode Island	280
	Rights of the People	280
	Search & Seizure	285
	Secrecy & Discretion	286
	Self-Discipline	287
	Self-Interest	287
	Self-Reliance	287
	Separation of Power	288
	Slavery & Race Relations	290
	Solitude	302
	Speeches & Oration	302
	States' Rights & Federalism	302
	Taxes	305
	Theory & Practice	308
	Time	308
	Tobacco	309
	Treason	309
	Truth	310
	Tyranny	311
	Unity	314
	Value	317
	Vengence & Revenge	317
	Vice Presidency	318
	Virtue & Vice	319
	War	321
	George Washington	322
	Witchcraft	323
	Women	325
	Youth	328
	Names Index	329
	Subject Index	339