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There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into bondage. John Witherspoon, The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men, 1776. Quoted in The Founders' Almanac, edited by Matthew Spalding. He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758. America is now being defined in terms of "multiculturalism." An appreciation of diverse cultures is being used as a dodge to smuggle in aberrational moral standards that will have the effect of diluting the impact of biblical Christianity. Multiculturalism is a type of ethical polytheism: many moral law-orders based on many gods. Gary DeMar, America's Christian Heritage. "Where there is no religion, there is no morality... With the loss of religion ... the ultimate foundation of confidence is blown up; and the security of life, liberty and property are buried in ruins." Timothy Dwight, president of Yale, 1796. (Source: One Nation Under God by Dr. David C. Gibbs Jr., president of the Christian Law Association, with Jerry Newcombe) "Give me an army of West Point grads and I'll win a battle; give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." Gen. George Patton, quoted in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again). If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter: George Washington. Supreme Court: "We are a Christian people, according to one another the equal right of religious freedom, and acknowledging with reverence the duty of obedience to the will of God." United States v. Macintosh, 283 U.S. 625 (1930), cited in America's Christian History by Gary DeMar. Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of their number; and, indeed, that some good people think I am no Christian. This thought gives me much more pain that the appellation of Tory; because I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics; and I find much cause to reproach myself that I have lived so long and have given no decided and public proofs of my being a Christian. But, indeed, my dear child, this is the character which I prize far above all this world has, or can boast. (Patrick Henry in at 1796 letter to his daughter, cited in One Nation Under God by Dr. David C. Gibbs Jr., president of the Christian Law Association, with Jerry Newcombe.) If a nation expects to be ignorant -- and free -- in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson to Col. Charles Yancey, Jan. 6, 1816. (Source The Founders' Almanac, edited by Matthew Spalding. "Are we going to take the hands of the federal government completely off any effort to adjust the growing of national crops, and go right straight back to the old principle that every farmer is a lord of his own farm and can do anything he wants, raise anything, any old time, in any quantity, and sell any time he wants." President Franklin Roosevelt when the Supreme Court struck down his agricultural program. Source: The Politicially Incorrect Guide to American History. To those who feared that the League of Nations would compromise American sovereignty, President Woodrow Wilson replied that he looked forward to the day "when men would be just as eager partisans of the sovereignty of mankind as they were now of their own national sovereignty." From The Politicially Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr. Read more. "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin "God has given us to sing this day the downfall of New France, the North American Babylon, New England's rival.... Me thinks I see towns enlarged, settlements increased and this howling wilderness become a fruitful field, which the Lord hath blessed, and to complete the scene I see churches rise and flourish in every Christian grace where has been the seat of Satan and Indian idolatry." Eli Forbes pastor of a Brookfield, Massachusetts, congregation, after the British seized Quebec, the capital of New France, in 1759 during the French and Indian War, known elsewhere as the Seven Years' War. This victory basically swept French control out of North America. Quoted by conservative Jewish talk show host Michael Medved. You've got to buy these tapes from Tree Farm Communications. The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery. Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, May 13, 1797, quoted in The Founders' Almanac, edited by Matthew Spalding. I am a member of a lost generation. We have lost our values. We have lost our faith. And we have lost ourselves. As societal standards and traditional values have declined, and the crassest elements of sexual deviancy and pornography have taken over the public square, it is the youngest Americans who have paid the price. Never in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged--and yet so empty. From Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future, by Ben Shapiro. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just." Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781, quoted in The Founders' Almanac, edited by Matthew Spalding. As a country, we're drowning and we don't even know it. We're numb and we can't even feel it. We're driving down the highway to hell and haven't noticed or don't care that "the bridge to the future is out." Former Sen. Zell Miller (D-Georgia) in his book A Deficit of Decency. O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1743. Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of man's nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God. John Adams, dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765. Source: The Founders Almanac, edited by Matthew Spalding.50 State Constitutions acknowledge God Alabama 1901, Preamble. We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution. ALASKA 1956, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land. ARIZONA 1911, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution... ARKANSAS 1874, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government... CALIFORNIA 1879, PREAMBLE. We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom. COLORADO 1876, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe. CONNECTICUT 1818, PREAMBLE. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy. DELAWARE 1897, PREAMBLE. Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences. FLORIDA 1885, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution... GEORGIA 1777, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution... HAWAII 1959, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance establish this Constitution. IDAHO 1889, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings. ILLINOIS 1870, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors. INDIANA 1851, PREAMBLE. We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to chose our form of government. IOWA 1857, PREAMBLE. We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings establish this Constitution. KANSAS 1859, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Kansas, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges establish this Constitution. KENTUCKY 1891, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties... LOUISIANA 1921, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy. MAINE 1820, PREAMBLE. We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity ... and imploring His aid and direction. MARYLAND 1776, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty... MASSACHUSETTS 1780, PREAMBLE. We ... the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe ... in the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction ... MICHIGAN 1908, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom establish this Constitution. MINNESOTA, 1857, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings: MISSISSIPPI 1890, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work. MISSOURI 1845, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness ... establish this Constitution … MONTANA 1889, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution ... NEBRASKA 1875, PREAMBLE. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom ... establish this Constitution. NEVADA 1864, PREAMBLE. We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God f or our freedom establish this Constitution ... NEW HAMPSHIRE 1792, PART I. ART. I. SEC. V. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. NEW JERSEY 1844, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors. NEW MEXICO 1911, PREAMBLE. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty NEW YORK 1846, PREAMBLE . We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings. NORTH CAROLINA 1868, PREAMBLE . We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those. NORTH DAKOTA 1889, PREAMBLE. We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain... OHIO 1852, PREAMBLE. We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common OKLAHOMA 1907, PREAMBLE. Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty ... establish this ... OREGON 1857, BILL OF RIGHTS, ARTICLE I. SECTION 2 All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences… PENNSYLVANIA 1776, PREAMBLE . We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance RHODE ISLAND 1842, PREAMBLE. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hathso long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing SOUTH CAROLINA, 1778, PREAMBLE. We, the people of he State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution. SOUTH DAKOTA 1889, PREAMBLE. We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties ... TENNESSEE 1796, ART. XI.III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience... TEXAS 1845, PREAMBLE. We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God. UTAH 1896, PREAMBLE. Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution. VERMONT 1777, PREAMBLE. Whereas all government ought to ... enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ... VIRGINIA 1776, BILL OF RIGHTS, XVI ... Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator ... can be directed only by Reason ... and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other. WASHINGTON 1889, PREAMBLE. We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution WEST VIRGINIA 1872, PREAMBLE. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ... WISCONSIN 1848, PREAMBLE. We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility WYOMING 1890, PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties ... establish this Constitution. "THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE GOVERNED BY GOD WILL BE RULED BY The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it. James Madison to Frederick Beasley, Nov. 20, 1825. The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson to Richard Rush, Oct. 20, 1820. We have it in our power to begin the world over again. Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776. "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure." -- Mark Twain "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- Sir Winston Churchill Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. Inscription on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia from Leviticus 25:10. The first national Thanksgiving was declared in 1777 by the Continental Congress after British General John Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga, New York, Oct. 17, which marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. November 1, 1777 "Forasmuch as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending providence of Almighty God; to acknowledge with Gratitude their Obligation to him for benefits received, and to implore such further Blessings as they stand in Need of: Read more of this quote and other Thanksgiving proclamations. |
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