FFQF The Only Foundation
Today's quotes continue the theme of Virtue as stated by America's founders as an absolutely necessary component to liberty. I present one of my favorite quotes by one of my favorite founders, Dr. Benjamin Rush. For almost two centuries Dr, Rush was regarded as a primary player in the founding era, until he was booted from history books due to his outspoken faith in Christianity. (Christianity is now taboo when discussing the influences upon the founders, but it it taboo unjustifiably).
[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments. -Benjamin RushI also happened upon a marvelous quote by Senator Daniel Webster. He is not considered a "founding father," as that era was before his time; however he is certainly an historical mouthpiece of what the founders did believe about the Constitution, liberty, and virtue. I have great admiration and respect for Webster. I am compelled to pass on his wisdom with these words:
No government is respectable which is not just. Without unspotted purity of public faith, without sacred public principle, fidelity, and honor, no machinery of laws can give dignity to political society. -Daniel WebsterCynicism aside, it is with horrific dismay that I watch as our republic now rapidly erodes into an oligarchy. We are seeing our Constitution castrated before our eyes, and our liberties negated by new, corrupt legislation. I am very concerned for our future. What will happen when they finally deem our Constitution officially unconstitutional?
See Meet the Founders for more founder's quotes.
2 comments :
Hi Cato. Great quote by Rush! I've been thinking about that very selection myself. Thanks for posting it.
The Constitution declared unconstitutional, eh? I guess they have in effect, because they certainly never refer to our Constitution as an authority anymore.
I tend to think that we have passed to many gates of escape ever to return to the republic our forefathers sacrificed so much for, but I don't think that it is too late for a wide-scale revival. But it may be different from all the revivals that this nation has gone through: ours may be born out of persecution. I am not foretelling the future for certain, but that's what I'm guessing the future will look like.
It is my hope, however, that it will not take such persecution, to knock us out of our comfortable complacency.
Thanks for participating today, and Happy FFQF!
Nice quotes, Cato, and I certainly agree that justice and honor have disappeared from Washington.
"What will happen when they finally deem our Constitution officially unconstitutional?"
I don't know that they ever will make it official. If we follow Orwell's thinking, they'll just continue to tell us we're free until we forget what the word originally meant.
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