"When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to chose for rulers, 'just men who will rule in the fear of God.' The preservation of government depends of the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will sonn be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfich or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws."
Noah Webster
(In his high school text, "History of the United States")
I have been studying civics lately and have been enjoying it. I am almost done with it and will probably be moving on into Economics which is the ,I think, the last study for High School. So I am pretty excited. School been good and I will be leaving on the 23rd of December to go to Bethel. I'm excited. I am also excited about tomorow because it will be the last day of school until the 4th of January.
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We are excited, too. One more week.
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