Quotes and Realities
- God's Word and Character Brings Good Government
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"When the righteous triumph there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding."
- Proverbs 28:12 (NIV)
- George Washington
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"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. - In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. - The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. - A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity [rightness, happiness]. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure; reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.- ... ...Can it be, that Providence [reference to God from the Bible during Washington's time] has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?" [Note: Emphasis is Washington's.]
Quoted from: Photographic facsimile of George Washington's Farewell Address. From George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress 1741-1799 collection.
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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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