Quotes and Realities
- Eternal Wisdom And Principles In Government
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"I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power. By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just; by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth.1 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full. 'The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began....' "
1 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts and nobles - all righteous rulers
- Proverbs 8:12-23 (NIV)
- Samuel Adams
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"In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator."
- 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) , 230: originally quoted from Adams, Samuel, The Writings of Samuel Adams, edited by Cushing, Harry Alonzo (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908), Vol IV, 356, to the Legislature of Massachusetts, January 17 1794.
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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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