"Some quotes from James Madison: "Commercial ... " (more)shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic."; "Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."; "A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people."; "A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country."; "A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States."; "A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person."; "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.". THANK YOU for this historical moment! Sara J"
"I'm very excited to receive John Quincy Adams ... " (more) signature print! I'm a human rights activist and excited that I'm going to receive a part of history - Johbn Quincy Adams was the attorney on the Amistad case to stop slavery! YES! Again, THANK YOU! Sara J"