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James Madison (1751-1836)
Birthday - March 16
James Madison is known as the author of United States Bill of Rights
Alexander Hamilton (1736-1799) Birthday - January 11
“The history of ancient
and modern republics had taught them that many
of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a certain balance, and that mutual control indispensable to a wise administration. They were convinced that popular assemblies are frequently misguided by ignorance, by sudden impulses, and the intrigues of ambitious men; and that some firm barrier against these operations was necessary. They, therefore, instituted your Senate.”
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only
a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. This is the real disposition of human nature; it is what nei- ther the honorable member nor myself can correct. It is
a common misfortune that awaits our State constitution, as well as all others.”
“Good constitutions are
George Mason (1725-1792)
Birthday - December 11
“That all power is vested in, and consequently de- rived from, the people; that magistrates are their trust- ees and servants, and at all times amendable to them.”
“Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslav-
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroach-
blood for centuries.”
“It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to
avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to usurpation on one side or the other, or to
a corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded against. by an entire abstinence of the Govt. from interference in any way whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and protecting each sect against. trespasses on its legal rights by others.”
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose gov- ernments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
Church that, when the Powers of Earth and Hell combine against it... that the Throne
of Grace is of the easiest access-and its Appeal thither is graciously invited by the Father of Mercies, who has assured it, that when his Chil- dren ask Bread he will not give them a Stone...”
“The interposition of Divine Providence in our Favor hath been most abundantly and most graciously manifested, and the Citizens of these Unit- ed States have every Reason for Praise and Gratitude to the God of their Salvation.”
formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the indi- vidual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too high, the other will be weakened too much. It is the happiest possible mode of conciliating these objects, to institute one branch peculiarly endowed with sensibility, another with knowledge and firmness. Through the opposition
and mutual control of these bodies, the government will reach, in its regular oper- ations, the perfect balance between liberty and power.”
“Here sir, the people govern; here they act by their immedi- ate representatives.”
“I am persuaded that a firm union is as necessary to perpetuate our liberties as
it is to make us respectable; and experience will probably prove that the National Gov- ernment will be as natural a guardian of our freedom as the State Legislatures.”
“It was remarked yesterday that a numerous representa- tion was necessary to obtain the confidence of the people. This is not generally true. The confidence of the people will easily be gained by a good administration. This is the true touchstone.”
“The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one or the other is nec- essary, the former becomes only an apparent, partial interest, and should yield, on the principle that the smaller good ought never to oppose the greater good.”
ing America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually, by to- tally disusing and neglecting the militia.”
“All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their prosterity: among which are the enjoyment
of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and pos- sessing property, and pursu- ing the obtaining happiness and safety.”
ments of those
in power than by violent and
sudden usurpations.”
“If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.”
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
“A well-regulated militia, be- ing necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
“Oppressors can tyrannize only they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.”
John Hancock (1737-1793)
Birthday - January 23
“There! His Majesty can now read my name without glass- es. And he can double the
“The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the World.”
“The purpose of the con- stitution is to restrict the majority’s ability to harm a minority.”
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in
reward on my head!”
“In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that, whilst every prudent Measure should be taken
to ward off the impending judgments....All confidence must be withheld from the Means we use; and reposed only on that GOD who rules in the Armies of Heaven, and without whose Blessing the best human Counsels are but Foolishness--and all created Power Vanity;”
“It is the Happiness of his
Congressional Fast Day Proclamation
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Congress proclaimed days of fasting and of thanksgiving annually throughout
the Revolutionary War. This proclamation by Congress set May 17, 1776, as a “day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer” throughout the colonies. Congress urges its fellow citizens to “confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his [God’s] righteous displea- sure, and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness.” Massachusetts ordered a “suitable Number” of these proclamations be printed so “that each of the religious Assemblies in this Colony, may be furnished with a Copy of the same” and added the motto “God Save This People” as a substi- tute for “God Save the King.”
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