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For this website's banner design, Congressman Akin selected historic paintings by George Caleb Bingham. “Watching the Cargo,” George Caleb Bingham, 1849 Not for reproduction. Used with permission of The State Historical Society of Missouri.
“The Trappers Return,” George Caleb Bingham, 1851 Public Domain. Detroit Institute of Arts.
“Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground,” George Caleb Bingham, 1847
Public Domain. The White House Historical Association (White House Collection).
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Timeless Principles
Mercy Otis Warren"[W]riters on government agree, and the feelings of the human mind witness the truth of these political axioms, that man is born free and possessed of certain unalienable rights-that government is instituted for the protection, safety and happiness of the people, and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any man, family, or class of men-That the origin of all power is in the people, and that they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation, vested with certain powers to guard the life, liberty ... READ MORE |