“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, February 12, 1779

This quote is from Samuel Adams’s letter to James Warren on February 12, 1779. Virtuous and knowledgeable people easily recognize and resist tyranny. Our republic’s best and strongest guarantee to continue our freedom and liberties is to ensure virtue and knowledge are widespread. Those in society most able need to safeguard our nation focus on morality and that the people in our republic are knowledgeable. This is the foundation of our free and secure society. From this letter, it may be easily discerned that our founding fathers believed it necessary to preserve our nation’s first principles, manners, and morality to best keep our republic. This letter may be read at: Samuel Adams to James Warren (February 12, 1779) – Conservapedia