Quote of the Day

The Patriot Post
Founders' Quote Daily
"The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and not withstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early discontents, I expect that a just, dispassionate and steady conduct, will at length rally to a proper system the great body of our country. Unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner, we shall be able I hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom & harmony."-- Thomas Jefferson
(letter to Elbridge Gerry, 29 March 1801)Reference: Jefferson: Writings, Peterson ed., Library of America(1090)
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So true today are many of the words spoken by our Founders that they should be reexamined and explained, note he was referring to people not government.
I should add that a quote frequently contributed to Jefferson is an urban myth according to Monticello. That quote is"Dissent is the greatest form of patriotism", author unknown.
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Update: This is a must read from Mike Yon in his latest dispatch from Afganistan, real on the ground reporting. Bill Roggio is also headed there and technorati search, Michael J. Totten, his photo essays from Iraq and Turkey are awesome and educating.
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Conservative bloggers don't want to supplant the MSM, we just want them to tell the unbiased truth, report all the news, good and bad, without spin.The average Joe can fact check them now. We need an honorable '4th Estate' not a vindictive one.