The Des Moines Tea Party

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires".

Nelson Mandela

¹⁷ "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed me; you

 have not proclaimed freedom for your fellow countrymen. So I now

 proclaim'freedom' for you, declares the LORD -'freedom' to fall by the

 sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms

of the earth".

Jeremiah 34:17

"Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery".

Wayne Dyer

"It seems we are moving in reverse. Our leaders have trashed the Constitution, disgraced the sanctity of the Declaration of Independence, trampled the Stars and Stripes, force fed us their propaganda, proverbially spit in the faces of our founding fathers, slander any who oppose them, destroyed the value of the US Dollar, threaten our God Given Rights and now they expect us to sit here and watch them lead this once great nation to a state of communist rule. This is not the America I swore to protect! In fact quite to the contrary! This is unacceptable; we must ALL defend this country, its founding principles and the documents that framed the institution of America, from all enemies, foreign and domestic"! 

Russ Saffell

"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe".

George Washington

"In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world".

Barack Obama

"I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety".

Frederick Douglas

"And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there's another set of moral codes, but I don't think government has a role".

Clarence Thomas

"Part of why the Tea Party so deeply threatened the elite media is the tea party looked around and suddenly realized, there are more of us than there are of them".

Newt Gingrich

"No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it".

Glenn Beck

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." 

Abraham Lincoln

The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are not the outcome of the operation of the free market. They are on the contrary the result of well-intentioned but ill-advised government interference with the market.

Ludwig Von Mises

"Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty."

George W. Bush

¹⁶But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. ¹⁷Now

the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory,

are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which  

comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:16-18

"I had a copy of the Soviet Constitution and I read it with great interest. And I saw all kinds of terms in there that sound just exactly like our own: "freedom of assembly" and "freedom of speech" and so forth. Of course, they don't allow them to have those things, but they're in there in the constitution. But I began to wonder about the other constitutions - everyone has one - and our own, and why so much emphasis on ours. And then I found out, and the answer was very simple - that's why you don't notice it at first. But it is so great that it tells the entire difference. All those other constitutions are documents that say, "We, the government, allow the people the following rights," and our Constitution says "We, the People, allow the government the following privileges and rights." We give our permission to government to do the things that it does. And that's the whole story of the difference - why we're unique in the world and why no matter what our troubles may be, we're going to overcome".

Ronald Reagan 

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

Abraham Lincoln

"Read my lips--NO NEW TAXES!"

George H.W. Bush

"The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men".

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"One does not encourage 'responsibility' by forcibly restricting the range of people’s authority over their own lives".

Butler Shaffer

"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."

John Quincy Adams

"This, then, is the state of the union:  free and restless, growing and full of hope.  So it was in the beginning.  So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith".

Lyndon B. Johnson

"The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American".

Thomas Jefferson

"There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream.  They are right.  It is the American dream".

We will see you at the Rally! Lets show the world that

we have HAD ENOUGH of this out of control government!

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States".

"It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government".

Mercy Warren,

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same".

Ronald Reagan 

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. ¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

 ¹⁹Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

 Ephesians 6:10-20

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men."

Samuel Adams

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table".

Ronald Reagan

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism".
 

Erma Bombeck

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety".

Benjamin Franklin

      "Equal rights for all, special privileges for none".

Thomas Jefferson

"Our great modern Republic.  May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose".

Ulysses S. Grant

Happy Easter!

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted".

James Madison

"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy".

Winston Churchill 

"Remember, it is April Fools Day"!

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave".

Elmer Davis

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you".

Dick Cheney

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a patriot."

Mark Twain

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

The Pledge of Allegiance

To learn more about the Pledge of Allegiance visit the Educate Yourself page within this site.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Presidential Oath of Office

Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

Edward Abbey

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave". 

Elmer Davis

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all".

Dale Carnegie

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project, most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it. Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it".

Ronald Reagan

Responding to a letter from one of his constituents charging him with a lack of compassion Reagan replied:

“I’m sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can’t keep up in our competitive  society, but my own compassion goes beyond that to those millions of unsung men and women who get up every morning, send the kids to school, go to work, try to keep up the payments on their house, pay exorbitant taxes to make possible compassion for the less fortunate, and as a result have to sacrifice many of their own desires and dreams and hopes. Government owes them something better than always finding a new way to make them share the fruit of their toils with others.”

 Ronald Reagan.

Also in regards to the Obamacare fiasco, dont forget to remind your Senators and Congressmen that Communism is far from what they swore an oath to; refer them to the March 20, 2010 Quote of the Day!

“God who gave us life gave us liberty. 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 a gift from 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, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.”

Thomas Jefferson

(excerpts are inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial in the nations capital) [Source: Merrill . D. Peterson, ed., Jefferson Writings, (New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1984), Vol. IV, p. 289. From Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, 1781.]

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

The Congressional Oath of Office

So help them God!

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men."

Samuel Adams

He that lives upon hope will die fasting!

Benjamin Franklin

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!!!

Be safe-Don't drink and drive

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, not longer susceptible of any definition.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

2 Corinthians 3:17

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin, from his writings, 1758

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

James Madison

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

Thomas Jefferson

“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.”

Thomas Jefferson

"One man with courage is a majority."

 
Thomas Jefferson

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both"

Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."

- Ronald Reagan

"You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe" 

John Adams

Progressivism is the cancer in America -

Glenn Beck, CPAC 2010

"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." 

Thomas Jefferson

(from: http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm)  

"We must all hang together, or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately." 

Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of press." 

Thomas Jefferson

"The citizens of the U.S. are responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a political society"

James Madison

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

Patrick Henry

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Sir Winston Churchill

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."

George Washington

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!!!

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

George Washington

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

George Washington

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.   
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no 
peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale  
that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears
the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are   
already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What
is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? 
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be     
purchased at the price of chains and slavery?    
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course  
others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death!                                   

- Patrick Henry

March 23,1775

"We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them." -George W. Bush

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.

Ronald Reagan

(http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?Author=Ronald+Reagan&file=other)

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Abraham Lincoln

If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again.

Ronald Reagan

It's not enough to change people's minds, we must MOTIVATE people to ACT!!

(paraphrased from Denis Calabrese, Post  Party Summit, Dallas, TX, January 23, 2010)

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Galatians 6:9 - (King James Version)

It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it.

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.

Our enemies have made the mistake that America’s enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.
- George W. Bush, President of the United States

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.” [1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia]
from http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.                      

- Samuel Adams

Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

 LET'S MAKE 2010 A YEAR OUR LEADERS WILL REMEMBER THE DES MOINES TEA PARTY!!!

[I]t is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up.

Glenn Beck

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights.

How many observe Christ's birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

[T]he propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Finally, there seem to be but three Ways for a Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry.

Samuel Johnston:
• “It is apprehended that Jews, Mahometans (Muslims), pagans, etc., may be elected to high offices under the government of the United States. Those who are Mahometans, or any others who are not professors of the Christian religion, can never be elected to the office of President or other high office, [unless] first the people of America lay aside the Christian religion altogether, it may happen. Should this unfortunately take place, the people will choose such men as think as they do themselves.
[Elliot’s Debates, Vol. IV, pp 198-199, Governor Samuel Johnston, July 30, 1788 at the North Carolina Ratifying Convention]

“The eighth commandment says, ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ It does not say ’Thou shalt not steal from the rich,’ and it does not say ’Thou shalt not steal from the poor man.’ It reads simply and plainly 'Thou shalt not steal.'

-Theodore Roosevelt

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln

"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."

- Winston Churchill

How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of every hostile nation?

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!

From the Nature of the Constitution, I must approve all parts of a Bill, or reject it in total.

George Washington, letter to Edmund Pendleton, September 23, 1793

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.

"I believe I am an humble servant in the hands of our Heavenly Father;
I desire that all my words and acts may be according to His will."

 -- Abraham Lincoln (from http://www.eadshome.com/Lincoln.htm)

As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established.

A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.

We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.
-Glenn Beck

(from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/glenn_beck.html)

Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.  

-Benjamin Franklin, letter to John Alleyne, August 9, 1768

You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

-Federalist Papers, No. 51, p. 322

Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.

As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight.

How many observe Christ's birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."   Samuel Adams, 1776

Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Ronald Reagan

(from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan_2.html)

"I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience."

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
Ronald Reagan 

(from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan.html)

Benjamin Franklin: | Portrait of Ben Franklin
“God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel” –Constitutional Convention of 1787 | original manuscript of this speech

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - John Adams (quoted from The 5000 Year Leap)

A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.

From http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/Jefferson/

John Quincy Adams:
• “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?
--1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Proverbs 29:2-When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Charles Carroll - signer of the Declaration of Independence | Portrait of Charles Carroll
" Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." [Source: To James McHenry on November 4, 1800.]

Retrieved from http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

 -- John Adams, October 11, 1798

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take away everything you have" - Thomas Jefferson

I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance [as the framing of the Constitution]...should be suffered to pass without being in some degree influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent, omnipresent, and beneficient Ruler in whom all inferior spirits live and move and have their being- Benjamin Franklin

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be"

Thomas Jefferson, letter to Chas. Yancey, 1816