"Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, They may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies. "
~John Adams
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77 posted on 07/27/2011 2:05:45 PM PDT by trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
"As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760–1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington. "
~John Adams
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82 posted on 07/27/2011 2:12:15 PM PDT by trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
