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Moral Ethics – Quotes From The Founding Fathers

By Bill Bailey On November 26, 2011 · 2 Comments · In History

Noah Webster

“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in [...]

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The United States Was Founded A Christian Nation

By Bill Bailey On October 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In History

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another; and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate but equal station to which the laws of Nature and Nature’s God have so entitled them, a [...]

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Public Education According to the Founders

By Bill Bailey On October 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In History

Benjamin Franklin

“History will also afford frequent Opportunities of showing the Necessity of a Publick Religion, from its Usefulness to the Publick; the Advantage of a Religious Character among private Persons; the Mischiefs of Superstition, &c. and the Excellency of the Christian Religion above all others antient or modern.”

“History will [...]

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Noah Webster, An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787

By Steve Straub On February 27, 2011 · 29 Comments · In Noah Webster

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops [...]

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