Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capable, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of fife, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. The structure has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are solid; its compartments are beautiful, as well as useful; its arrangements are full of wisdom and order; and its defences are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortality, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers, THE PEOPLE. Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.
Joseph Story, "COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES" Chapter XLV. Concluding Remarks.
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Our forefathers were out numbered,under clothed,had less firepower worried about being "good Enough"to maintain a nation under God.
They were a good and Noble people many from debtors prisons. Are we Good enough with enough strength under God to get through these time? The Bible tells us to turn our faces toward God and earnestly ask for his forgiveness, for sins comitted and omitted,I pray we still are strong enough to do this.
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