A Worthy Quote

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"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.
It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained,
or until liberty be lost in the pursuit."

-- James Madison (Federalist No. 51, 8 February 1788)

Reference: Madison, Federalist No. 51.

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"I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the
more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in
the Affairs of Men. And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground
without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without
his Aid?"

-- Benjamin Franklin (Motion for Prayers in the Constitutional
Convention, 28 June 1787)

Reference: Franklin: Collected Works, Lemay, ed. (1138)

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"[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is
to be laid in religion.  Without this there can be no virtue,
and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the
object and life of all republican governments."

-- Benjamin Rush (On the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic,
1806)

Reference: Original Intent, Barton (153); original Essays,
Literary, Moral and Philosophical, Rush (8 )

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"There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which
will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation
of weakness.  If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to
repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful
instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we
are at all times ready for war."
 
-- George Washington (Fifth Annual Message, 3 December 1793)
 
Reference: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (488)

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"It is not necessary to enumerate the many advantages, that arise
from this custom of early marriages.  They comprehend all the
society can receive from this source; from the preservation, and
increase of the human race.  Every thing useful and beneficial
to man, seems to be connected with obedience to the laws of
his nature, the inclinations, the duties, and the happiness
of individuals, resolve themselves into customs and habits,
favourable, in the highest degree, to society.  In no case is this
more apparent, than in the customs of nations respecting marriage."
 
-- Samuel Williams (The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, 1794)

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"There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which
will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation
of weakness.  If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to
repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful
instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we
are at all times ready for war."
 
-- George Washington (Fifth Annual Message, 3 December 1793)
 
Reference: George Washington: A Collection, W.B. Allen, ed. (488)

Excellent Words form Our Founding Father, Tom-and still so relevant now...

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"Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry
we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice
of our cause, we determine to die or be free...."
 
-- Joseph Warren (American account of the Battle of Lexington,
26 April 1775)
 
Reference: Documents of American History, Commager, ed., vol. 1
(99)

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"Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left
to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be,
we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the
ambition of others."

-- Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 34, 4 January 1788)

Reference: The Federalist

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"[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are
left in full possession of them."

-- Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,
25 June 1778)

Reference: The Debates of the Several State..., Elliot, vol. 3
(646)

(My Note:    WHY?  Self-defense is a GOD given right, and it was also recognized that the people might have to rise up against tyranny again.)

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"It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive
in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which
has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in
the critical stages of the revolution."

-- James Madison (Federalist No. 37, 11 January 1788)

Reference: Madison, Federalist No. 37 (230-31)

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"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is
not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force
of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny
commence. If `Thou shalt not covet' and `Thou shalt not steal'
were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable
precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free."

-- John Adams (A Defense of the American Constitutions, 1787)

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"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among
the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to
knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has
given them understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this,
they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible,
divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge;
I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers."

-- John Adams (Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law, 1765)

Reference: Our Sacred Honor, Bennett, 253.

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"The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as
if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the
persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither
friendship nor safety."

-- Thomas Paine (Common Sense, 1776)

Reference: Paine Writings, Foner, ed., 25.

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"Your love of liberty - your respect for the laws - your habits
of industry - and your practice of the moral and religious
obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual
happiness."

-- George Washington (letter to the Residents of Boston, 27
October 1789)

Reference: Maxims of George Washington, Schroeder, ed. (139)

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"Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to
die To-morrow."

-- Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richard's Almanack, 1757)

Reference: Franklin: Writings, Lemay, ed., Library of America
(1290)