“The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.” -Ronald Reagan
Month: August 2021
The Great Enemy of the Salvation of Man
“The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the world than by persuading mankind that it was improper to read the Bible at schools.” – Dr. Benjamin Rush
When People Are Universally Ignorant
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign invaders.” – Samuel Adams
If a Nation Expects to Be Ignorant and Free
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . It expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jefferson
Equality in Liberty
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
The People Are the Government
Andrew Jackson said, “The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
The Laws of God Upon Which This Constitution Is Founded
James Madison said, “The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”
Educate and Inform the Whole Mass of the People
Thomas Jefferson said, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people . . . They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”