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Because We have no Government armed with Power capable of contending with human Passions unbridled by... morality and Religion...  Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

John Adams

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Topic: Society & Civil Religion

“Because We have no Government armed with Power capable of contending with human Passions unbridled by… morality and Religion…  Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

John Adams

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–97) and second President of the United States (1797–1801). He was a lawyer, diplomat, political theorist, and a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain. He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent, particularly with his wife and closest adviser Abigail and late in life, with his sometime colleague and rival, Thomas Jefferson.

(1735-1826) American Civil Religion
Letter to Massachusetts Militia

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 981 [John Adams (Letter to the Officers of the first Brigade of the third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts Quincy October 11. 1798)].

John Adams

John Adams, Letter to Massachusetts Militia

Resources

  • Founders Archives website

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