Archive for virtue
It’s NOT OK
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! Jeremiah 9:1 For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me. Jeremiah 8:21 Human [...]
FFQF: Does One Size Fit All?
After an absence from this blog, and from my own meme “Founding Father’s Quote Friday,” I now resume my pen typewriter. I also apologize (do I do that more than I blog, I wonder?) to my readers and to FFQF participants. My absence was the result of necessity. Today, we pose the question “Does one [...]
FFQF: What Was the American Revolution?
Today, John Adams will answer that question for us. His answer comes from a letter written to an early American historian by the name of Hezekiah Niles, dated February 13, 1818. Several of Niles’ invaluable texts on American history are available for reading and searching here. But what do we mean by the American Revolution? [...]
FFQF: Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin died this day, on April 17, 1790. So today we will cite a great quote from him: Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1734) Loss of liberty was no accident in our country. Nor was it the fault of corrupt politicians alone. We sold [...]
FFQF: John Adams on National Liberty
I hope to continue posting my series called “The Law of Liberty.” I’ve only posted my first installment, and that was some time ago. But, I promise to continue it, and also to continue my exciting series of posts unfolding the relationship between the Founding Fathers, and the Illuminati. Today’s quote somewhat reflects the theme [...]
FFQF: Alexander Hamilton on Rights
For the past several weeks, I and those participating in this month’s Founding Fathers’ Quote Friday meme, have been dealing with the subject of the (late great) Bill of Rights. We have been approaching that subject from the angle that the reason for its demise has simply been the ignorance and complacency of the people. [...]
FFQF: The Bill of Rights — First Amendment
It seems that our theme for this week has sounded a bit more like an elegy to the Bill of Rights, which, for all practical purposes, are dead. What now? Well, let us look and see where we have fallen. We will start by looking at the First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting [...]
Religion and Morality: Indispensable Supports?
It’s confession time for Hercules Mulligan: I get more comments on this blog than from irregular readers, than on any of my other (many) blogs. Several of these comments, I have not yet responded to. I sincerely and profusely apologize to those who wrote them for not having given them the attention and concentration that [...]
FFQF: John Adams on Moral Authority
Today we will hear from an address which President John Adams gave to the officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Massachusetts Militia, on October 11, 1798: While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she [...]
FFQF: George Washington on Moral Authority
Again today, we examine our theme of “moral authority.” Our goal, once again, is to solicit the Founding Fathers on the question of “What is the foundation for morality?” Today, we will hear from George Washington. He is definitely a fitting person to hear on this subject, as he has been called “the Eighth Wonder [...]
