Quotes and Realities
- God's Word and Character Brings Good Government
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"When the righteous triumph there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding."
- Proverbs 28:12 (NIV)
- John Jay
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"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts."
- John Jay: Attorney, Diplomat, Jurist; member of the Continental Congress where he was President of Congress; helped write the New York State constitution; Chief Justice of New York Supreme Court; co-authored, along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the Federalist Papers - which were instrumental in securing the ratification of the federal Constitution; appointed first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George Washington; Governor of New York; Vice-President and then President of the American Bible Society; member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Quoted from: Barton, David, Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 2010), 169: originally quoted from Jay, John, John Jay: The Winning of the Peace. Unpublished Papers 1780-1784, edited by Morris, Richard B. (New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1980), Vol. II, 709, to Peter Augustus Jay, April 8 1784.
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Have you ever read the Constitution and wondered “what were the Founders intentions behind this or that phrase?” The US Constitution in the Resources section contains online references to the Federalist Papers – an early work by three founding fathers on the intention of each section of the US Constitution. But, if you are looking for something more lively, you could turn to the records of the continental congress link in the Resources section, under Congressional Records, or Elliot's or Farrand's records of the debates, or read about the intentions in the more personalized correspondence, writings and letters of the founders.
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