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)
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Founders, Quotes, Religion, Samuel Adams, Uncategorized
“We may look up to Armies for our defense, but virtue is our best security. It is not possible that any state should long remain free, where virtue is not supremely honored.” Samuel Adams Courtesy of the National Center for Constitutional Studies...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Founders, George Washington, Government, President, Quotes, Religion
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports…. It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.” George Washington’s...
