 | William L. Hickey - Constitutional history - 1853 - 588 pages
...sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric t Promote, then, as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - United States - 1854 - 1012 pages
...the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connection with private and public felicity. Let it simply be...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...them. A volume could not trace all their connexion with private and public felicity. Let it be simply asked, where is the security for property, for reputation,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives forca to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 590 pages
...instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, thai morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 580 pages
...investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can he maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric 1 Promote, then, as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a Government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House Ways and Means - 1972 - 280 pages
...been a premise of our form of government. George Washington stressed this in his Farewell Address : "Promote then as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened."... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 1961 - 630 pages
...In his final draft of the Farewell Address, Washington wrote the following paragraph on education: "Promote then as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened"... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - Academies and institutes - 1925 - 1376 pages
...the same object in view. President Washington, in his farewell address to the American people, said: "Promote, then, as an object of primary importance,...of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinions it should be enlightened." It was the first President of... | |
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon... 
