Restored the Sovereign

At the signing of Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams addressed the other signers as he signed the Declaration of Independence and said: "We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven, and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come." 

And at that statement and the signing of the Founders, our Independence was set in writing and the hearts of patriots.

John Adams:

“As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation.”

(In God We Trust, p. 75.)

RESTORED

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"The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practised [sic] by himself,"

Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Van der Kemp, 1820

Government

My reading of history convinces me
that most bad government

results from too much government.

Thomas Jefferson

Swim or Stand

In matters of style,
swim with the current;
in matters of principle,
stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Respect and Marriage

"Treat your wife always with respect; it will procure respect to you, not from her only, but from all that observe it."

-Benjamin Franklin- 1768