The Fourth of July is just around the corner. In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, we are publishing daily quotes from our nation’s founders highlighting the high esteem they had for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
The following quote is taken from a political essay by Samuel Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, in 1748.
The Fourth of July is just around the corner. In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, we are publishing daily quotes from our nation’s founders highlighting the high esteem they had for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
The following is a proclamation of “solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer,” issued by President John Adams, one of the drafters and signers of the Declaration of Independence, on March 23, 1798.
The Fourth of July is just around the corner. In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, we are publishing daily quotes from our nation’s founders highlighting the high esteem they had for religion, religious liberty, and virtue.
The following is an excerpt from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Dowse, dated April 19, 1803.
“I concur with the author in considering the moral precepts of Jesus as more pure, correct, and sublime than those of ancient philosophers.”
The following is an excerpt from The Writings of Benjamin Franklin published in 1787.
“[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”