 And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?  The African Repository and Colonial Journal - Stran 3481830Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James H. Hutson - 2009 - 288 strani
...submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Thomas Jefferson, Notes on... | |
 | Barbara A. McGraw, Jo Renee Formicola - 2005 - 368 strani
...famously, however, was Jefferson's jeremiad stating the following: And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 strani
...author of our religion." Jefferson, of course, is famous for asking, "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?"1 But as Edward J. Erler has... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 strani
...Enlightenment philosophy. They find expression in his anguished cry: "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country... | |
 | R. Donald McGaffigan - 2005 - 311 strani
...Convention, June 28, 1787 vrod who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that diese liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2005 - 292 strani
...removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? lndeed, l tremble for my country when l reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.378... | |
 | Mark R. Levin - 2006 - 308 strani
...state. Without faith, he later wrote, liberty was vulnerable: "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not violated but with his wrath?"13 Furthermore, Madison wrote near the end of his life that belief in... | |
 | Blowers David, Blowers - 2006 - 154 strani
...government have gone two different ways; the two are no longer one. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...people that these liberties are the gift of God." — Noah Webster I believe the church needs to formally gather and create a public purpose, a document... | |
 | Carole J Keller - 2006 - 321 strani
...Thomas Jefferson said, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...the people that these liberties are the gift of God, " It was intended that people had freedom of conscience to make their own choices as long as those... | |
 | Will Morrisey - 2005 - 294 strani
...this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal." The "liberties of a nation" cannot be secure "when we have removed their only firm basis,...people that these liberties are the gift of God," and their violation liable to punishment by a just God. Jefferson supposed that he could see, in the... | |
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