DANBURY BAPTISTS In October of 1801, the Danbury Baptist Association in Danbury, Connecticut wrote a flattering letter to Thomas Jefferson, the newly elected president of the United States, in which they thanked him for his…
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FOUNDATIONS OF FREE GOVERNMENT The essential principles of our Government... form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages…
THOMAS JEFFERSON ON MORAL AGENCY God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly towards all, benevolently to those…
JEFFERSON BIBLE DEFENDED While Thomas Jefferson espoused many Christian principles in his thinking and writings, he was by no means an orthodox Christian. In fact, he seemed to fear the systematic theology of any religious…
THOMAS PAINE ON RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY Thomas Paine offers a unique perspective on the benefits of religious diversity: As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious…
INACTIVE DECLINE All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke
GEORGE WASHINGTON ON PEACE 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…
LEADERS ARE MADE In 1962 General Douglas MacArthur told of the necessity of respect in leadership. He said that a leader "...is just as good or as bad as the troops under his command make…
RONALD REAGAN ON SOCIAL ACTION Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God. We shall reflect the compassion that…
FOUNDATION OF HOPE But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient…
GOD'S WILL ON EARTH The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He…
DESTINY OF AMERICA Two centuries ago our Nation's birth was a milestone in the long quest for freedom, but the bold and brilliant dream which excited the founders of this nation still awaits its consummation.…
ILLUMINED BY LIBERTY For my part I pray the third century we are beginning will bring to all Americans, our children and their children's children, a greater measure of individual equality, opportunity, and justice, a…
HUMAN EFFORT NOT ENOUGH And let us not trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledging the power and goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of nations, and who has at all…
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! But there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that…
AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN REFLECTION Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and…
FASCISM FOR THE SIMPLE The rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious. -- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda
JOHN DICKINSON'S FAITH To my Creator I resign myself, humbly confiding in His goodness and in His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity. -- John Dickinson
GABREIL DUVALL'S FAITH I resign my soul into the hands of the Almighty who gave it in humble hopes of his mercy through our Savior Jesus Christ. -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall
JOHN JAY'S FAITH I render sincere and humble thanks for His manifold and unmerited blessings, and especially for our redemption and salvation by his beloved Son. -- John Jay, First Chief Justice of the U.S.…
