On the recordJuly 30, 1996
John Adams said that our Constitution was intended for a moral and religious people. It would be wholly inadequate for any other. I think they understood, and I think we understand, and I think the American people understand the morality, principles, values; you cannot separate them from our Constitution or even from our codified law. In fact, I think many Americans forget sometimes that the Founding Fathers believed that the law, the body of law, was the bare minimum of expectation from moral behavior, that there ought to be actually a higher standard, and yet somehow we have been reduced to the lowest common denominator. And I think one of the reasons this whole issue of the partial-birth abortion... it is about the basic unraveling of the moral fiber of this culture, and our Constitution was intended for a moral and religious people. It would be wholly inadequate for any other.
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