The men involved in the founding of the United States
believed that morality and virtue were not only important to our form of
government but necessary. The Constitution they created provides individuals
with tremendous personal freedom. But the founders understood that governing a
very large group of free individuals would require the boundaries and
restraints that are a part of genuine virtue and morality.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” Benjamin Franklin
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