History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893 Quotes

“It became more important to preserve liberty than to get work done; more desirable to check a possible usurpation than to promote efficiency.”
― Frederic L. Paxson, History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893

“Ignorance and self-confidence seem to them to be bred together, while their own conservatism appears only the natural product of experience.”
― Frederic L. Paxson, History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893