“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams (1798)
Only a Virtuous People are Capable of Freedom
Modern Americans have either long since forgotten, or were
not aware of the heated and sometimes violent debates which took place in the
thirteen colonies between 1775 and 1776 over the issue of morality.
For many
thousands of Americans, the big question of independence hung precariously on
the single, slender thread of whether or not the people were sufficiently
"virtuous and moral" to govern themselves. Self-government was
generally referred to as "republicanism," and it was universally
acknowledged that corrupt and selfish people could never make the principles
of republicanism operate successfully. As Franklin wrote:
Only virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nationsbecome corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. Sound familiar?
What does it mean to be a virtuous person?
Virtue is not hereditary. Virtue must be earned and it has
to be learned. Virtue is not a permanent quality in human nature, it must be
cultivated continually and exercised from hour to hour and day today. We must
look to the homes, the schools, and the churches to fuel the fires of virtue
from generation to generation.
We as a nation have forgotten the bedrock of virtue and
morality necessary to the preservation of the Republic designed by our
founders.
George Washington stated in his farewell address:
“Of all the depositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” Without religion and morality, which are the bedrock of virtue, our free republic will and is crumbling. We, as Patriots, must once again rise up and defend, even fight for the foundations of a virtuous nation, that being morality and religion. This is our responsibility, our duty.
Without a firm and unwavering belief in God our Creator and
our duty to Him, there is nothing to bind the consciences of men, and the oaths
we take as military men and women, congressmen and women, Senators, and even
the President and Vice-President mean absolutely nothing. Today there is no
security for property, no reputation for life, no resolve for liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
How do we transmit virtue and morality to the next
generation? Nothing is more important for a virtuous nation than to form and
train up our youth in wisdom and virtue. Teachers must all return to instilling
wisdom and virtue in their classrooms and our young ones. Heads of households
must be willing to turn off the electronic devices and spend more quality time
doing things as a family instead of allowing their children to be brainwashed
by the latest electronic gadgets.
Preachers must return to teaching the true
word of God instead of the watered-down, go with the flow version they are
teaching today. Wise and virtuous men are the strength of a nation, more so
than riches.
Virtue is to be expected and obtained from education the
young rather than exhortations of adults. Bad habits and vices are like
diseases of the body, they are more easily prevented (youth) than cured
(adults). A person who develops the skill to touch the hearts of the young, to
help them develop a virtuous character has been blessed with a special gift and
can consider themselves called by heaven to teach.
My friends now is the time to unite, become one loud strong
voice sounding off against an enemy that thinks they have no opposition. We
must prove them wrong.
Jerry Quintana
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