Sunday, October 12, 2008

Elias Boudinot - on Religion and Public Office

Elias Boudinot was a member of the Continental Congress and later a member of the first, second and third congresses. He was President of the Continental Congress from November 1782 to November 1783. He said:

"Be religiously careful in our choice of all public officers... and judge of the tree by its fruits."

and

"Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow."

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