George Washington(1792): "I am sure there never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe, that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God, who is alone able to protect them." (The Writings of George Washington, by John C. Fitzpatric, GPO, 1931-44, Vol.32:2)
George Washington(1787): "The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can, and undoubtedly will, be recalled." (Ibid., 29:311.)
John Adams(2nd U.S. President and Founder): "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."(The Works of John Adams, ed. C. F. Adams, Boston:Little, Brown Co., 1851,4:31.)
Benjamin Franklin "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."(Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 9:569.)
Plea to the President: Protect the Little Women, too
From Google book post of book by C. Everett Koop, M.D.
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