The Liberty Tribune
Our blog consists of vineyard happenings, winemaking insights, event highlights,
and selected quotes from Founders!

Our Revolution
"Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words, "We The People". - Ronald Reagan, born 2/6/1911
The Privilege of Thinking
"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."
Politics and War <> Mathematics and Philosophy
"I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." - letter to Abigail cerca 1780.
As Happy As She Pleases
"The answer to the ... question, can America be happy under a goverment of her own, is short and simple, viz. as happy as she pleases; she hath a blank slate to write upon."
- 1776
A Nation of the Well Informed
"A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins."

Liberty Preserved
"I must indulge a hope that Britain's liberty, as well as ours, will eventually be preserved by the virtue of America."
-1775
Popular Government
"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both."
Liberty Preservation
"Liberty cannot be preserved with a general knowledge among the people."