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Published on September 9, 2013 at 5:20 pm
“No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and . . . . their minds are to be informed by education what is right and what wrong; to be encouraged in habits of virtue and to be deterred from those of vice . . . . These are the inculcations necessary to render the people a sure basis for the structure and order of government.” – Thomas Jefferson3rd President of the United States
Published on September 8, 2013 at 5:34 pm
“The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.” – Samuel Adams 4th Governor of Massachusetts Massachusetts Delegate to the Continental Congress
Published on September 8, 2013 at 9:33 am
Does it seem plausible that the true spark of the American Revolution was the religion of peace—Christianity? In fact, how could it be any other way in a country expressly founded to establish Christian religious liberty?
Published on September 8, 2013 at 8:47 am
Does a free society encourage immoral behavior? Prof. James Otteson of Yeshiva University argues that moral or virtuous behavior can only grow in a climate of individual liberty.
Published on September 7, 2013 at 6:46 pm
The ideas of John Locke had a profound influence on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the U.S. Where did he get his ideas from?
Published on September 7, 2013 at 3:35 pm
The great achievement of the Founding Fathers was to create a principled revolution, one which accepted the religion of God and His Word. Contrast this with the devilish and horrifically bloody French Revolution which buried god under a secular state.
Published on September 7, 2013 at 2:27 pm
As incredible as it may now seem, the entire history of Western education is steeped in the Christian faith. In fact, it is quite likely that without the foundational work of the Church, the modern world would not exist.
Published on August 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm
“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.” – John Adams 2nd President of the United States
Published on August 14, 2013 at 5:24 pm
“While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” – Samuel Adams 4th Governor of Massachusetts Massachusetts Delegate to the Continental Congress
Published on August 14, 2013 at 5:17 pm
“Without virtue there can be no liberty.” – Benjamin Rush Signer of the Declaration of Independence