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Ben Framed:
Any thoughts of John Adams' Quote?


SOURCE: THE WHITE HOUSE
 
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
John Adams


"John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.

Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was more remarkable as a political philosopher than as a politician. "People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity," he said, doubtless thinking of his own as well as the American experience.

Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for independence.

During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington."

gww:
Deeply religious, got up early and bathed naked in river every morning, thought ben franklin was immoral and was called back from france, made harsh anti constitutional laws against freedom of speech, tried to introduce religion and lost to jeffersons position of freedom of religion but was dedicated to self rule and just one integral thinker of many doing his part in the big picture that formed our nation.
Cheers
gww

Ben Framed:
Any thoughts of John Adams' above Quote?

gww:
Yes, that it was his view and part of the whole as one of the founders and allowed by a constitution that many decided fit the bill for a new country.. 
Cheers
gww

Acebird:

--- Quote from: Ben Framed on July 01, 2022, 12:42:49 pm ---Any thoughts of John Adams' Quote?


SOURCE: THE WHITE HOUSE
 
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
John Adams


"John Adams, a remarkable political philosopher, served as the second President of the United States (1797-1801), after serving as the first Vice President under President George Washington.

Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was more remarkable as a political philosopher than as a politician. "People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity," he said, doubtless thinking of his own as well as the American experience.

Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for independence.

During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington."

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Funny that the main reason for people leaving Europe for America was freedom to practice what ever religious belief they had including no religion at all.  Doesn't sound like John Adams was in touch with the people of America.  Could explain why there were so many flaws in the constitution then and now.

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