General Nathaniel Greene reported September 26, 1780:"Treason of the blackest dye was yesterday discovered! General Arnold who commanded at West Point, was about to ... give the American cause a deadly wound if not fatal stab. Happily the treason had been timely discovered to prevent the fatal misfortune."
Booker T. Washington stated: "The man is unwise who does not cultivate in every manly way the friendship and goodwill of his next-door neighbor, whether he be black or white."
"Politics" is derived from the Greek word "polis," which means "city." Politics is the business of the city. "Citizen" is a Greek word which means "co-ruler." Where kings and despots have "subjects" who are subjected to their will, democracies and republics have "citizens" who are "co-rulers." A "popular government" is where the "population" of citizensgovern themselves.
W.L. Grant continued in the introduction of The Voyages
and Explorations of Samuel de Champlain (1911, The Courier Press, A.S. Barnes Co.): "In the search for these were made the three greatest voyages in history, those of Columbus, of Vasco da Gama, and greatest of all of Magellan. In his search for the riches of Cipangu, Columbus stumbled upon America. The great Genoese lived and died under the illusion that he had reached the outmost verge of Asia; and though even in his lifetime men realized that what he had found was no less than a new world."
Beginning in 1492, Christopher Columbus took FOUR VOYAGES to the New World:1ST VOYAGE (1492-1493), he DISCOVERED land; 2ND VOYAGE (1493-1496), he encountered a hurricane, malaria, and CANNIBALS; 3RD VOYAGE (1498-1500), he faced doldrums, rebellion, and was ARRESTED; 4TH VOYAGE (1502-1504), he survived another hurricane, explored Panama, and was SHIPWRECKED on Jamaica for a year.
