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Ten Commandments Monument
"Ten Commandments" excerpts |
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The
Ten Commandments Monument depicts the moral
foundation of law in America, and bears
excerpts from the text of the Ten Commandments
of God. The monument also bears quotes from:
the Declaration of Independence ("Laws of
Nature and of Nature's God"); our National
Motto ("In God We Trust"); the Pledge of
Allegiance ("One Nation Under God, Indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for All"); and
the Judiciary Act of 1789 ("So Help Me God").
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Ten Commandments Monument
"The
laws of nature are the laws of God;
whose authority can be superseded
by no power on earth." George Mason
1772
"Laws
of nature and of nature's God" Declaration
of Independence 1776
"The
transcendent law of nature and of
nature's God, which declares that
the safety and happiness of society
are the objects at which all political
institutions aim, and to which all
such institutions must be sacrificed."
James Madison
"This
law of nature, being co-eval with
mankind and dictated by God Himself,
is of course superior in obligation
to any other. It is binding over
all the globe, in all countries,
and at all times: no human laws
are of any validity, if contrary
to this; ?upon these two foundations,
the law of nature and the law of
revelation, depend all human laws;
that is to say, no human laws should
be suffered to contradict these."
William Blackstone
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Ten Commandments Monument
"The
inclusion of God in our pledge therefore
would further acknowledge the dependence
of our people and our government
upon the moral directions of the
Creator." Legislative History
"One
nation, under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all."
Pledge of Allegiance, 1954
"Human
law must rest its authority ultimately
upon the authority of that law which
is divine." James Wilson
"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 the gift of
God? That they are not to be violated
but with His wrath?" Thomas Jefferson
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Ten Commandments Monument
"Let
it simply be asked, where is the
security for property, for reputation,
for life, if the sense of religious
obligation desert the oaths which
are the instruments of investigation
in courts of justice?" George Washington
"So
help me God." Judiciary Act of 1789
"The
greater part of evidence will always
consist of the testimony of witnesses.
This testimony is given under those
solemn obligations which an appeal
to the God of Truth impose; and
if oaths should cease to be held
sacred, our dearest and most valuable
rights would become insecure." John
Jay
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Ten Commandments Monument
"We,
the people of the State of Alabama,
in order to establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, invoking the
favor and guidance of Almighty God,
do ordain and establish the following
constitution and form of government
for the State of Alabama." Constitution
of Alabama
"In God we trust." National Motto
1956
"O
thus be it ever when freemen shall
stand
between their lov'd home and the
war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may
the heav'n rescued land
praise the power that hath made
and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause
it is just,
And this be our motto 'In God Is
Our Trust'
And the star-spangled banner in
triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the
home of the brave." National Anthem
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