Freedom Quote by Peter Stark

“Napoleon bullied and deceived Jefferson and his successor James Madison because America was impotent. Without fleets and armies, their arguments about international law and…

— Andrew Lambert

“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among…

— J. Christopher Herold

“President George Washington’s namesake capital, once a marketplace for slave auctions, is now synonymous with democracy and freedom; so is the iconic Jefferson, who…

— Patrick Mendis

“Now, it’s a pity that your schools no longer teach the same language in which the Declaration and the Constitution were written because you’ve…

— Jack Pelham

“It is not hard to figure out what Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and indentured White servants meant when they demanded liberty in 1776. But…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“As Thomas Jefferson once noted, “Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions,…

— Jim Marrs

When Napoleon abdicated in April 1814, Britain expected that America would soon lose heart and surrender, too. From then on, London's chief aims were…

— Amanda Foreman

“I view [your undertaking],” Jefferson would write to Astor, “as the germ of a great, free and independent empire on that side of our…

— Peter Stark

The long years of fighting Napoleon's ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an 'us-against-them' mentality.

— Amanda Foreman

Jefferson never entertained the folly that he was of immigrant stock. He considered the English settlers of America courageous conquerors, much like his Saxon…

— Ilana Mercer

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

“When we seek to understand liberty, equality, progress, constitutional governance, separation of church and state, and the meaning of the American Revolution, we do…

— R.B. Bernstein