Some words, even though said long ago, still have importance and meaning to us today. Here are some words of important leaders during the early years of our country. See if you can figure out what they were saying to the people of their time and what they are saying to us today.

Thomas Jefferson (about Declaration of Independence) (p.33)
“…it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for…”

Benjamin Franklin (when signing the Declaration of Independence)
“We must indeed all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” (p.33)

John Quincy Adams
“Our Constitution…rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis…has not yet been found to fail.” (p.35)

Thomas Jefferson
“A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.” (p.40)

George Washington
“Honesty in States, as well as Individuals, will ever be found the soundest policy.” (p.44)

Benjamin Franklin
“An honest man will receive neither money nor praise, that is not his due.: (p.44)

John Adams (about the White House) (p.45)
“May none but honest and wise men ever rule beneath this roof.”

Taken from Celebrate Freedom (Scott Foresman)