This is quotation number 131 from The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations. It’s available for preorder from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSYVFVGN
Category: Founding Fathers
Equal Treatment Under The Law
The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are written in stone over the main entrance of the United States Supreme Court Building. They were derived from the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, which states: “No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection…
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a time when the people of America developed a renewed interest in God. It began in 1746, in Northampton, Massachusetts in the church of Jonathan Edwards. And it spread like wildfire throughout the thirteen colonies through the preaching of George Whitefield. George Whitefield was a young evangelist from England, who had…
Our Prayers Were Heard And They Were Graciously Answered
Benjamin Franklin believed in God, and he also believed in the power of prayer. He was eight-one years old when he attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787. When the proceedings were hopelessly deadlocked, Franklin made a motion that the delegates open each day’s session with prayer. This is the written record of his speech: Mr….
There Is a Just God Who Presides Over The Destinies of Nations!
In our history classes, we were taught that Patrick Henry made a speech, in which he said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” But our teachers left out the most important part of the speech. It’s the part where Patrick Henry revealed the secret of the American peoples’ success: It’s our strong faith in…
The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations
America’s founding ideals are under attack — but the words that built our nation still hold the power to defend it. The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations is a bold and inspiring collection of the most powerful words ever spoken in defense of faith, freedom, and the…
Benjamin Franklin’s Request for Prayer at The Constitutional Convention
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations. Benjamin Franklin believed in God, and he also believed in the power of prayer. He was eighty-one when he attended the Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1787. He made a motion…
Tyranny Over The Mind of Man
Thomas Jefferson said, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
The Three Branches of Our Federal Government
James Madison said, “The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.” And that’s why the United States Government is separated into three separate and equal branches—the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch. The Legislative Branch makes the laws. The Executive Branch enforces the laws. And the Judicial…
John Quincy Adam’s Letter to His Son on the Bible
John Quincy Adams was the son of President John Adams. And he was the sixth President of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He was serving as President James Madison’s diplomat to Russia when he wrote this letter to his son, George Washington Adams. The younger Adams was named after John Quincy’s close friend…