There is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. 'For a nation to be free, it is only necessary that she wills it.' For a nation to be slave, it is only necessary that she wills it.
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The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.John Adams
I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof President Franklin D. Roosevelt had this lettered in gold in the marble over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House. The quotation above follows the capitalization used in the inscription.
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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
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America is destined to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of human nature, that no art or policy can ever plane them down to a level
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