Thursday, September 30, 2021

in the 1810s, the state became the church on Sunday in Washington

Though [Thomas] Jefferson explained that the First Amendment "built a wall of separation between church and state," he still publicly practiced his religion. 

In fact, historical experts explained how Jefferson attended public church services every Sunday in the Capitol building and permitted church services to be held in executive office buildings. 

"On a Sunday in Washington in … the 1810s, you would have had services going on in all branches of government," Library of Congress historian James Hutson said. "You could actually say that the state became the church on Sunday in Washington and so, some of these arguments we’re having today about religion in the public square are certainly not grounded in the historical record."

 https://www.foxnews.com/media/one-nation-under-god-fox-nation  accessed 9-30-2021

‘one nation under God’

"If we ever forget that we’re ‘one nation under God,’ then we will be a nation going under." 

~ President Ronald Reagan

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

"There is no passion to be found playing small"

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than what you’re capable of living."

~ Nelson Mandela

Saturday, September 04, 2021

"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?"

 "What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?"

~ George Eliot (pen name of Mary Ann Evans, 1819–1880), Middlemarch