“Tis substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?” George Washington (Farewell Address)
John Adams said, “Public virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private Virtue, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics.” Self-government, or democracy, can only be perpetuated by the self-governed. Henry Ward Beecher said: “There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.” Goethe stated: “What is the best government? — That which teaches us to govern ourselves.” Self-governance consists of self-regulation of our behavior and passions.
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This premise is as good as any other to delineate the two sides fighting for the soul of the country. Can you name a Democrat politician whom you feel has “private virtue”?
David DeGerolamo
Can anyone name a national Republican politician who has public virtue?
I can name less than a handful of State Legislators who have it.
Another good question we should be asking ourselves is why this was taken out of our schools.
I’ve got a great answer to your question David. They are not our schools anymore they are government warehouses controlled completely by scum like the nea!