We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.… Our Constitution was made only for a moral and a religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams, 11 Oct 1798, Charles Francis Adams, ed., The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, 1854, 9:22 That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd president of US (1882 - 1945) To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt 26th president of US (1858 - 1919) Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, represents, in the final analysis, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th president of US 1953-1961 (1890 - 1969) Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! Benjamin Franklin, 1759 US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. John F. Kennedy 35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963) Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. George Washington First president of US (1732 - 1799) How far removed are we from the ideals,hopes, and dreams that began on this day?
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