The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory of liberty born in that era, the seed of the idea, was perfect.More important, the idea itself carried within it the moral power to correct the contradictions in its execution that were obvious from the very birth of the new nation.

Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2008) - ISBN: 9781416592587