 | William Wells Brown - 2003 - 324 страници
...race, or entail his own miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding from him. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...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? Indeed, I tremble for my country... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 страници
...slaves. This change was distressing to Jefferson. In 1782 Jefferson wrote on the subject of slavery: "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...in the minds of the people that these liberties are ...the gift of God? That they are to be violated but with His wrath... But I think a change already... | |
 | William J. Federer - 2004 - 180 страници
...foremost is the existence of God. "Next comes the truth that all men are equal in the sight of God. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...in the minds of the people that these liberties are the Gift of God?" -Thomas Jefferson, 1781, Notes on the State of Virginia "Third is the fact of God's... | |
 | E.J. Dionne, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Meltzer Drogosz - 2004 - 260 страници
...moral character of citizens—that government should be neutral toward religion generally. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God?" Thomas Jefferson asks in his Notes on the State of Virginia. 2 Indeed, the separation... | |
 | Owen Lovejoy - 2004 - 504 страници
...who, from their wisdom, their patriotism, and singleness of purpose, had a prophet's forecast: "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?" — Thomas Jefferson "I have no hope that the stream of general liberty will forever... | |
 | Michael Eric Dyson - 2004 - 590 страници
...other."2o He also valued religion for lending moral support to political liberty when he queried, "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...in the minds 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... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 страници
...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 the people, that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country,... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 2004 - 318 страници
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to 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 people that these liberties are the gift... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 страници
...beyond the cool dictates of Enlightenment philosophy. They find expression in his anguished cry: "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 страници
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that... | |
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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 of the gift of God? 
