Quotes and Realities
- Eternal Wisdom And Principles In Government
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"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power. By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just; by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth.1 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. 'The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began....' "
1 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts and nobles - all righteous rulers
- Proverbs 8:12-23 (NIV)
- Rufus King
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"[T]he... law established by the Creator... extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind.... [This] is the law of God by which he makes his way known to man and is paramount to all human control."
- Rufus King: Attorney, Diplomat; served in Revolution as an aide to General Glover on an ill-fated expedition to Rhode Island, delegate to Massachusetts General Court, member of the Continental Congress, delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the Federal Constitution, member of the state ratification convention for the Federal Constitution, member of the New York Assembly, U.S. Senator from New York, helped to frame Bill of Rights, appointed Minister to Great Britain by President George Washington, unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President of the United States (1804), unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York, unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States, delegate to the state constitutional convention, appointed Minister to Great Britain by President John Quincy Adams, manager of the American Bible Society
Quoted from: Barton, David, Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 2010), 343: originally quoted from King, Rufus, The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, edited by King, Charles R. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), Vol. VI, 276, to C. Gore, February 17 1820
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Have you ever read the Constitution and wondered “what were the Founders intentions behind this or that phrase?” The US Constitution in the Resources section contains online references to the Federalist Papers – an early work by three founding fathers on the intention of each section of the US Constitution. But, if you are looking for something more lively, you could turn to the records of the continental congress link in the Resources section, under Congressional Records, or Elliot's or Farrand's records of the debates, or read about the intentions in the more personalized correspondence, writings and letters of the founders.
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