Our Founding Fathers and the Prophets said it much better than I can.
"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." James Madison, Federalist No. 10, November 23, 1787
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796
"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 17, 1775
"Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." John Adams, letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams, Address to the Military, October 11, 1798
"That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all too common philosophy that the government should protect and support one from the cradle to the grave. The policy of the Founding Fathers has made our people and our nation strong. The opposite leads inevitably to moral decay."
Ezra Taft Benson (1899 - 1994)
Source: at BYU, February 28,1962
"In the 1940s while serving as the executive officer of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, D.C., I saw in a Hilton Hotel a placard depicting Uncle Sam, representing America, on his knees in humility and prayer. Beneath the placard was the inscription, "Not beaten there by the hammer and sickle, but freely, responsibly, confidently. . . . We need fear nothing or no one save God." That picture has stayed in my memory ever since; America on her knees in recognition that all our blessings come from God! America on her knees out of a desire to serve the God of this land by keeping his commandments! America on her knees, not driven there in capitulation to some despotic government, but on her knees freely, willingly, gratefully! This is the sovereign remedy to all of our problems and the preservation of our liberties."
Ezra Taft Benson (1899 - 1994)
Source: Ensign, November 1976,
Ether 2:9 "And now we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fullness of his wrath shall come upon them. And the fullness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity. For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God...Behold this is a choice land and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land , who is Jesus Christ...
4 comments:
thank you for inviting me to read your blog! And for all the great quotes. It's scary, and I admit I'm actively trying NOT to panic.
I love your quotes...I hope you don't mind if I post them on my blog. (Since you are now private and I can't just link to you.) If you want me to take them off I will, just let me know. Thanks
I, too, love your quotes. I feel truly blessed that the days of our country under the amoral regime of the past 8 years is nearly over, and that we can now look forward to a new administration with a truly enlightened statesman at the helm. I also would not have imagined that Martin Luther King, Jr's words would come to pass in my lifetime - that some people would finally be judged "not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
It's good to know that political posturing is just that... posturing. Most things that the politicians promise, on either side, simply don't happen. I really don't think it's going to be as bad as many people fear just due to the political machinery that must be moved to create substantial change. - Andy
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