Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
[From article]
John Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Not coincidentally, he wrote that to the officers of the Massachusetts militia when the young republic was on the verge of war with France. He reminded those officers who were charged with leading armed men that the freedoms secured by the Constitution take for granted a decent and civil society.
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Margaret Thatcher spoke eloquently of this co-dependence of freedom and morality. She said, “Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.”
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The less moral we are, the more legalistic we become. But more laws can’t protect a civilization that has lost its way.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359114/freedom-destroys-itself-sarah-palin
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 5:00 PM
As Freedom Destroys Itself
Laws can’t protect a society that has lost its way.
By Sarah Palin
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