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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Basis of Liberty -- Good Government "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." -- Northwest Ordinance, Article III, 1787 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Northwest.Ordinance,.Article.III,.1787.Quote.72C9 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow." -- Elias Boudinot president of the Continental Congress, later a congressman from NJ, and president of the American Bible Society http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Elias.Boudinot.Quote.84CF +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "A general dissolution of the principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy... 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... If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution." Source: The Writings of Samuel Adams, ed., Harry Alonzo Cushing (G. P. Putman's Sons, 1908), Vol. 4, p. 124. http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Samuel.Adams.Quote.BE05 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." -- George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' Source: Address to officers of the Army, 15 March 1783 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Washington.Quote.028A ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political perosperity, religion and morality are indespensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest prop of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for propety, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge in the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle... Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?" -- George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country' Source: Farewell Address, To his cabinet, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; September 17, 1796 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Washington.Quote.1D87 Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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