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For this website's banner design, Congressman Akin selected historic paintings by George Caleb Bingham.
George Caleb Bingham, 1849 Not for reproduction. Used with permission of The State Historical Society of Missouri.
George Caleb Bingham, 1851 Public Domain. Detroit Institute of Arts.
George Caleb Bingham, 1847
Public Domain. The White House Historical Association (White House Collection).
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“Watching the Cargo,” 
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Timeless Principles
John Adams "Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honor, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superior to all private passions." (letter to Mercy Warren, April 16, 1776) --- John Adams was the Second President of the United States, revolutionary statesman and signer of the Declaratio... READ MORE |
