Misquoting Our Founding Fathers

Catholic Educator's Newsletter ^ | June 2005

[B4Ranch]

Thank you for post this article.

[Natchez Hawk]

Thomas Paine was a "grumpy pamphleteer"?

Or an American hero and the most compelling proponent for the cause of freedom in the colonies.

If you don't like our government, there are several pretty little countries in Europe with religious-oriented constitutional monarchies you might enjoy.

[brytlea]

He might still have been grumpy....
susie

[silverleaf]

Good article. Thanks.

[Natchez Hawk]

"He might still have been grumpy..."

Never understood how George Washington could be so well liked what with being in so much pain from those dentures.

It would make me grumpy

[brytlea]

He was probably grumpy too. I know I am.
susie

[clearlight]

Excellent work. Articles like this one help to shed some light on organizations like the ACLU, and why they are so dangerous to our country. If any of our founding fathers were around today and saying the same things they said back then, they would be savagely ridiculed (by the left) as brainless religious fanatics.

[little jeremiah]

Bump. Later pingout.

[NHResident]

Thomas Paine was most certainly 'grumpy' - if you ever read his life story - he lurched from one 'anti-establishment' rant to another - in fact, he almost got executed when he went to France during their 'revoluton'. That said - his pamphleteering was brilliant.

[muir_redwoods]

"Robert Winthrop, Speaker of the U. S. House,"Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them or by a power without them; either by the Word of God or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet."

This is an absurd statement and first-rate evidence of idiocy. It completely denies the ability of people, irrespective of religious faith, to govern themselves, the premise upon which the country was founded. Not a surprise that he was in congress.

[jackv]

Thank you for the post!

After Thomas Jefferson made the infamous remark about separation of church and state that liberals like to recite, the following weekend he ordered the church services held in the house/senate chambers and requested the military band play the music. Hardly a separation but then the liberals don't care about details.

[jackv]

p.s.

Has anyone read "1776"?

[Sun]

The ACTIVIST judges are obviously antimorality and antireligion which is why I like this one:

John Adams in a speech to the military in 1798 warned his fellow countrymen stating,

"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."

[Tailgunner Joe]

"Where, some say, is the king of America? I'll tell you, friend, He reigns above..." - Thomas Paine, COMMON SENSE

[Tailgunner Joe]

Stop polluting FR with your lies, tpaine. Only some of the Founders were against state establishments, that's why they left it up to each state to decide for itself.

[cpforlife.org]

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[Tailgunner Joe]

Men will either be governed by God, or by God they'll be governed.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate for the government of any other." - John Adams