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Civil Quotes by John Quincy Adams
- The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
- Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.
- The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . .…
- The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.
- The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community ... that in the operation of human institutions upon social…
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