F. H. Bradley Quotes
I will begin with the self-styled "Christian" party, who profess to base their morality on the New Testament. But whether it is really more Christian to follow or to ignore the teachings of the Gospels I shall not discuss.
Bradley, F. H. "Some Remarks on Punishment." International Journal of Ethics, vol. 4, no. 3, 1894, p. 270.
Some other Republican governors thought that Fordice had misspoken and offered him a chance to correct or modify his statement. He declined.
This quotation is sometimes used to show that Washington thought religion important. Most of the founding fathers thought religion both important and potentially dangerous. They had observed Europe tear itself apart over religious differences. Note that Washington uses the words “religious principles” as opposed to “religion” or “religious prescriptions” or “religious doctrine.” The founders were not hostile to the concept of religion—even Jefferson and Franklin saw potential values in religion and religious institutions. They were hostile, however, to letting any particular sect dominate the religious environment of the nation. Nor did they want any of the religions controlling or operating the civil government. See {625616}.
Francis Herbert Bradley OM was a British idealist philosopher. His most important work was Appearance and Reality (1893).
