Theodore Roosevelt continued: "Boone's creed in matters of morality and religion was as simple and straightforward as his own character ... Late in life he wrote to one of his kinsfolk (sister-in-law, Sarah Boone, October 17, 1816): 'The religion I have is to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.'"
81-year-old Ben Franklin gave an address, titled "Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy": "Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men ... ambition and avarice -- the love of power and the love of money ... When united ... they have ... the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall, at the same time, be a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it."
He added: "Under that Constitution there are 'citizens,' but no 'subjects.'"What Wilson was underscoring was that Kings have "subjects" who are subjected to the King's will. Republics have "citizens," who are effectively co-rulers, co-sovereigns, co-kings.
Secretary of the Navy John D. Long wrote during the Spanish-American War, October 9, 1898:"Booker T. Washington is, perhaps, the finest orator in the country and these troops the best fighting soldiers of the war."
