by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Education, Government, Natural Law, Quotes, Religion
“.every citizen … is taught . the doctrines and the evidences of his religion, the history of his country, and the leading features of its Constitution … it is extremely rare to find a man imperfectly acquainted with all these things, and a person...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Government, John Locke, Philosophers, Quotes
“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.” John Locke Courtesy of the National Center for Constitutional Studies (www.nccs.net)
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“Man has been subjected by his Creator to the moral law, of which his feelings, or conscience as it is sometimes called, are the evidence with which his Creator has furnished him …. The moral duties which exist between individual and individual in a state...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Blackstone, Government, Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes
“For as God, when he created matter, and endued it with a principle of mobility, established certain rules for the…direction of that motion; so, when he created man, and endued him with freewill to conduct himself in all parts of life, he laid down certain...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“We hold these truths to be self-evident…all men are… endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.” Thomas Jefferson – Declaration of...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Government, Quotes, Religion
“America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” Alexis de Tocqueville Courtesy of the National Center for Constitutional Studies (www.nccs.net)