Plato was a Greek philosopher who lived in the city-state of Athens. In 380 BC, Plato wrote The Republic, where he described in Books 8 and 9: "States are as…
"Society ... must repose on principles that do not change" -- wrote Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748, Book 24. Montesquieu was a French political philosopher whose books were…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... "FREEDOM IS NOT FREE" is the inscription on the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Korean War started June 25, 1950.…
Franklin Pierce was born November 23, 1804. His father served in the Revolutionary War and was Governor of New Hampshire. Two of his brothers fought in the War of 1812.…
In 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set out on the first voyage to circumnavigate the world. Sailing for Spain, Magellan began his search for a route to the East…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man,…
Thousands of Europeans were carried away into slavery by the Muslim pirate Barbarossa, who wreaked havoc in the Mediterranean in the early 1500s, raiding the coasts of France, Italy and…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... America's laws are largely derived from English Common Law, intended to protect the rights of the individual. Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on…
“Eighty-six years have I have served him, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?” -declared the aged Polycarp, a disciple of…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Before critical race theory, transgenderism, intersectionality, diversity training, sharia, or equity, students in public schools were taught to treat each other…
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