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First Principles: Religion, Morality and Knowledge Are Necessary To Good Government and the Happiness of Mankind
“Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” – Mananasseh Cutler, in Article III of the Northwest Ordinance
First Principles: Virtue, Morality and Religion Are the Armor That Renders Us Invincible
“. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so … Continue reading
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Tagged Armor, Conquer, Danger, First Principles, Invincible, Lose, manners, Morality, Patrick Henry, Principles, Religion, Sound, Study, Tactics, Virtue
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First Principles: Religion Is Of Public Concern and In Great Measure Fosters the Peace and Good Order of Government
“Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.” – Samuel Chase
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Tagged Concern, First Principles, General, Good Order, Government, Happiness, Peace, Public, Religion, Safety, Samuel Chase, Support, The People
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First Principles: Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty
“Without Virtue there can be no liberty.” – Benjamin Rush
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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Law and Habits and Is Founded On Morality and Religion
“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Education, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Founded, Govern, Habit, Heart, Influence, Law, Liberty, Morals, Public Opinion, Reign, Religion, Rulers
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First Principles: As Religion Is the Solid Basis of Good Moral, Education Should Include Teaching Our Duties Toward God
“Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.” – Gouverneur Morris
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Tagged Duties, Education, First Principles, God, Good Morals, Gouverneur Morris, Man, Precepts, Religion, Solid Base
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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made For A Moral and Religious People and Is Inadequate To Govern Otherwise
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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Tagged Address to the Military, Ambition, Avarice, Constitution, Cords, First Principles, Gallantry, Govern, Government, Human Passions, Immoral, Inadequate, Irreligious, John Adams, Morality, Religion, Revenge
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First Principles: No Government Has The Power to Contend With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Capable, Constitution, Contend, First Principles, Govern, Human Passions, Inadequate, John Adams, Moral, Morality, No Government, Others, Religion, Religious, Unbridled
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First Principles: Freedom, Not Servitude, Is the Cure For Anarchy; True Faith Is the Cure For Superstition
“Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy for superstition.” – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation with America, The Thirteen Resolutions (3/22/1775)
First Principles: The Richest Inheritance Is To Pass On Christianity To Our Family
“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that and I had not given them one shilling … Continue reading
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