“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
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We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other. – John Adams, October 11, 1798, Letter to the officers of the First Brigade, Third Division of the Massachusetts Militia
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Life, Liberty, and Property
The Liberty Blessing 