Quotes and Realities
- God's Word Above All
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"And God spoke all these words: `I am the Lord your God... You shall have no other gods before me... ... You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God....' Furious with rage, [king] Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.... and said to them... 'if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand? ' Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it... But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.' "
- Exodus 20:1,5, Daniel 3:13,15-18 (NIV)
- Samuel Adams
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"[T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even [stable] government; all... are essential to the well-being of a family."
- Samuel Adams: signer of Declaration of Independence; member of Continental Congress; member of General Court of Massachusetts; formed Boston's Committee of Correspondence; helped draft the Articles of Confederation; signer of the Articles of Confederation; delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional convention; president of the Massachusetts senate; member of state convention to ratify the Federal Constitution; Lieutenant-Governor and Governor of Massachusetts.
Quoted From: Barton, David, Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 2010) , 352: originally quoted from Adams, Samuel, The Writings of Samuel Adams, edited by Cushing, Harry Alonzo (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1907), Vol IV, 225, to Thomas Wells, November 22 1780.
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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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