Posts Tagged ‘civic virtue’
The Dialogue Over Christians and Public Policy Continues — Bryan Fischer
By Bryan Fischer Here is another chapter in my ongoing dialogue with an individual who challenges AFA’s work of speaking truth into the public arena. _________________________ Bryan, First of all, I'm not concerned so much with what the "Christian thing to do" is, but rather what Jesus did do (which, very often throughout history is [...]
Noah Webster: Why the Bible Belongs In the Schools — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer He left Yale for four years to fight in the Revolutionary War. After graduation, he became a lawyer and taught school in New York. Dissatisfied with the children's spelling books, he wrote the famous Blue-Backed Speller, which sold over one hundred million copies. After twenty-six years of work, he published [...]
Contemptable Naked Capitalists — John Dickinson
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, 1767, John Dickinson Some states have lost their liberty by particular accidents. But this calamity is generally owing to the decay of virtue. A people is traveling fast to destruction, when individuals consider their interests as distinct from those of the public. Such notions are fatal to their country, and [...]
American Revolution, Part II — Benjamin Rush
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, 4 July 1787, Benjamin Rush We have changed our forms of government, but it remains yet to effect a revolution in our principles, opinions and manners so as to accommodate them to the forms of government we have adopted. Liberty Letters is a project of The Moral Liberal . Compiled, and edited (with [...]
Best Citizen Handbook: The Holy Bible — John Quincy Adams — American Minute
American Minute with Bill Federer President John Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, was U.S. Minister to Russia. In September 1811, John Quincy Adams wrote from St. Petersburg to his son, Charles: "My dear Son...You mentioned that you read to your aunt a chapter in the Bible...every evening. This information gave me real pleasure..." John [...]
Hope or National Catastrophe? — Daniel Webster
American Minute with Bill Federer One of the five greatest Senators in U.S. history, the State of New Hampshire placed his statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. His career spanned almost four decades, serving as Secretary of State for Presidents William Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. His name was Daniel Webster, born JANUARY [...]
Folly, Vice, and Madness — Edmund Burke
American Minute with Bill Federer "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." This famous quote was from British statesman Edmund Burke, who was born JANUARY 12, 1729. Considered the most influential orator in the House of Commons, Burke stands out in history, for, as a member of the British Parliament, he [...]
Modernity Worthless Without Truth, Righteousness, and Mercy — David O. McKay
Prophet Statesmen, David O. McKay Undoubtedly we are living in one of the most epoch-making periods of the world. It is a time that demands clear thinking and sound judgment. It is not strange that the majority of men and women in this nuclear age are unhappy because they feel the foundations beneath them are tottering. Notwithstanding all [...]
If This is Higher Law, So Be It — Brigham Young
Prophet Statesmen, Brigham Young Assuredly in the preservation of virtue, morality, and intelligence she may look for the perpetuity of her free institutions, and the preservation of her liberty. And in the moment of her disregard of these principles, when wickedness and sin can run riot with impunity, and not moral influence and force enough [...]
