This and That – Happy Fourth of July 2017.

Happy 4th of July to my family and friends! Here are a few words from our nation’s founders:

GEORGE WASHINGTON: “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.”

JOHN ADAMS: “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.”

JAMES MADISON: “Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON: “And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed the only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”