Zitat des Tages von John Quincy Adams:
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
Where annual elections end where slavery begins.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.
The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other.
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
It was the special purpose of Christ's appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.
To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.
