I had read some of Sam Adams' words before; always a special pleasure to me. I had not read "The Rights of the Colonists" before, to my recollection. I was not disappointed.

It is a superb document, and I was astonished to discover Jefferson denied copying. Everyone else says he must have. Perhaps his memory failed him. The denial came many years later.

Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

"We find that such evidence demonstrates that the ID argument is dependent upon setting a scientifically unreasonable burden of proof for the theory of evolution." - Judge Jones Kitzmiller case
http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Falsify.cfm

"To Compel A Man To Furnish Funds For The Propagation Of Ideas He Disbelieves And Abhors Is Sinful And Tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson

"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?" - Thomas Jefferson