America
is Failing because this Republic and her Constitution were only made
for a Moral, Christian people, and currently her Electorate and those
Elected to Public Office are largely, Immoral, Anti-Christ people. Listen to
some who have addressed this issue:
Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Second President of the United States
[I]t is
religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon
which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free
constitution is pure virtue.
(Source:
John Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the
United States, Charles Francis Adams, editor (Boston: Little,
Brown, 1854), Vol. IX, p. 401, to Zabdiel Adams on June 21, 1776.)
[W]e have no
government armed with power capable of contending with human passions
unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our constitution was made
only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the
government of any other.
(Source:
John Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the
United States, Charles Francis Adams, editor (Boston: Little,
Brown, and Co. 1854), Vol. IX, p. 229, October 11, 1798.)
The moment
the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as
the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public
justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If "Thou
shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not
commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in
every society, before it can be civilized or made free.
(Source:
John Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the
United States, Charles Francis Adams, editor (Boston: Charles C.
Little and James Brown, 1851), Vol. VI, p. 9.)
Charles
Carroll of Carrollton
Signer
of the Declaration of Independence
Without
morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore
who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime
& pure, [and] which denounces against the wicked eternal misery,
and [which] insured to the good eternal happiness, are undermining
the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of
free governments.
(Source:
Bernard C. Steiner, The Life and Correspondence of James
McHenry (Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers, 1907), p. 475. In
a letter from Charles Carroll to James McHenry of November 4, 1800.)
Oliver
Ellsworth
Chief-Justice
of the Supreme Court
[T]he primary
objects of government are the peace, order, and prosperity of
society. . . . To the promotion of these objects, particularly in a
republican government, good morals are essential. Institutions for
the promotion of good morals are therefore objects of legislative
provision and support: and among these . . . religious institutions
are eminently useful and important. . . . [T]he legislature, charged
with the great interests of the community, may, and ought to
countenance, aid and protect religious institutions—institutions
wisely calculated to direct men to the performance of all the duties
arising from their connection with each other, and to prevent or
repress those evils which flow from unrestrained passion.
(Source: Connecticut
Courant, June 7, 1802, p. 3, Oliver Ellsworth, to the General
Assembly of the State of Connecticut)
Benjamin
Franklin
Signer
of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence
[O]nly a
virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and
vicious, they have more need of masters.
(Source:
Benjamin Franklin, The Writings of Benjamin Franklin,
Jared Sparks, editor (Boston: Tappan, Whittemore and Mason, 1840),
Vol. X, p. 297, April 17, 1787. )
I have lived,
Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I
see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a
sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable
that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir,
in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the House,
they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I
also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this
political building no better, than the Builders of Babel: We shall be
divided by our partial local interests; our projects will be
confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word
down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from
this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by
human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.
I therefore
beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of
Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations be held in this
Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or
more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that
service.
(Source:
James Madison, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787,
Max Farrand, editor (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911), Vol. I,
pp. 450-452, June 28, 1787.)
Thomas
Jefferson
Signer
of the Declaration of Independence and Third President of the United
States
Give up
money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all
it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in
any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for
you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to
you. Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but
to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world
looking at you, and act accordingly. Encourage all your virtuous
dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being
assured that they will gain strength by exercise, as a limb of the
body does, and that exercise will make them habitual. From the
practice of the purest virtue, you may be assured you will derive the
most sublime comforts in every moment of life, and in the moment of
death.
(Source:
Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson,
Albert Bergh, editor (Washington, DC: Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Assoc., 1903), Vol. 5, pp. 82-83, in a letter to his nephew Peter
Carr on August 19, 1785.)
The doctrines
of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of mankind.
(Source:
Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas Jefferson,
Albert Bergh, editor (Washington, D. C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Assoc., 1904), Vol. XV, p. 383.)
I concur with
the author in considering the moral precepts of Jesus as more pure,
correct, and sublime than those of ancient philosophers.
(Source:
Thomas Jefferson, The Writings of Thomas
Jefferson, Albert Bergh, editor (Washington, D. C.: Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Assoc., 1904), Vol. X, pp. 376-377. In a letter to
Edward Dowse on April 19, 1803.)
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