If the American Revolution ...

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.
 Samuel Eliot Morison

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.
 Samuel Eliot Morison
Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.
 Samuel Eliot Morison
Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.
 Samuel Eliot Morison
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
 Samuel Eliot Morison