 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
 | Joseph Crane Hartzell - 1888 - 286 strani
...revealed the controlling force when he said : " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when wo have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in...the minds of the people that these liberties are the gifts of God ? that they are not to be violated except with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1891 - 698 strani
...a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be deemed secure when we have removed their only firm basis,...the gift of God, that they are not to be violated without his wrath f Indeed, I tremble for my country [Virginia] when I reflect that God is just ; that... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 strani
...Thomas Jefferson also reflected on this matter: "Can the liberties of a nation be sure when we remove their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of...His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just..." (Rushdoony, 1978, p. 6). This biblical revelatory overlay to the "natural"... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 2004 - 318 strani
...labor. And can the liberties of a nation be -thought secure, when we have removed their "-• £5 , only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the...his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; and that his justice cannot sleep forever." In 1814, Jefferson, after affirming... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 strani
...to Jefferson. In 1782 Jefferson wrote on the subject of slavery: "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 to be violated but with His wrath... But I think a change already perceptible since the origin of the... | |
 | Owen Lovejoy - 2004 - 504 strani
...patriotism, and singleness of purpose, had a prophet's forecast: "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?" — Thomas Jefferson "I have no hope that the stream of general liberty will forever flow unpolluted... | |
 | Michael Eric Dyson - 2004 - 590 strani
...for lending moral support to political liberty when he queried, "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?"30 Of course, it is exactly the public expression of religion along these lines that disturbs... | |
 | C. Bradley Thompson - 324 strani
...imperialistic designs to nationalize slavery. Southern Prophecies "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only firm...minds of the people that these liberties are the gift ofGodT — Thomas Jefferson "Is it not amazing, that at a time when the rights of humanity are defined... | |
 | Gesa Mackenthun - 2004 - 252 strani
...morals brought about by the peculiar institution and concludes: 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? Indeed I tremble for my country... | |
 | John Ernest - 2004 - 452 strani
...Virginia, Jefferson worries about the effects of slavery and writes, "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... | |
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