Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, among the hills of Virginia, on this day in 1743. A favorite amongst the founding fathers, he is also one of my favorite authors. Jefferson distinguished himself as a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist...
Tomorrow is celebrated as Independence Day in the US. I asked myself: What comes before Independence? Tyranny, at least such is the perspective of the revolutionary fighting for independence, so Today's quotes relate to Tyranny and tyrants....
Just days after Paris fell to the Nazis, Winston Churchill called his compatriots to do their duty in the familiar words of the first quote below, delivered in the House of Commons on this day in 1940. I've chosen a few other quotes on Duty to go...