Or, as John Adams put it, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people (AKA people with character). It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Or, as John Adams put it, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people (AKA people with character). It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Actually, our form of government comes from the Constitution, which was written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. The framers (of the Constitution) were Madison, Hamilton, Washington and Jay. See "The Quartet" by historian of the founding period, Joseph Ellis (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239532/the-quartet-by-joseph-j-ellis/).
When the Constitution was being drafted and ratified, Adams was in Europe, serving as an ambassador in London. He was not involved. That qoute comes from when he was president, in 1798.
Adams was the leading voice for independency during the Second Continental Congress that declared our independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Adams was also a religious heretic. It is inconvienent to people who claim the US is a Christian Nation that so many Founding Fathers had heretical religious beliefs. Jefferson was an out and out infidel.
Or, as John Adams put it, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people (AKA people with character). It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Wow...great Adams reference. I think he had more to do with our form of government than any of the Founding Fathers.
Actually, our form of government comes from the Constitution, which was written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. The framers (of the Constitution) were Madison, Hamilton, Washington and Jay. See "The Quartet" by historian of the founding period, Joseph Ellis (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239532/the-quartet-by-joseph-j-ellis/).
When the Constitution was being drafted and ratified, Adams was in Europe, serving as an ambassador in London. He was not involved. That qoute comes from when he was president, in 1798.
Adams was the leading voice for independency during the Second Continental Congress that declared our independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Adams was also a religious heretic. It is inconvienent to people who claim the US is a Christian Nation that so many Founding Fathers had heretical religious beliefs. Jefferson was an out and out infidel.
They were Deists, no?