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To: Loud Mime
Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue.

John Witherspoon, The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men, 1776

Sam Adams and John Witherspoon were and are exactly correct! Where do you suppose we are today?

23 posted on 04/28/2010 6:10:57 AM PDT by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Bigun

The founders also believed that the Federal government should have nothing to do with Education.


29 posted on 04/28/2010 6:21:22 AM PDT by Loud Mime (initialpoints.net - - The Constitution as the center of politics -- Download the graph)
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