Founder’s Quote
Saint of the Day for July 8: Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions (d. July 9, 1900)
July 8, 2017
Daily Reading & Meditation: Saturday (July 8)
July 8, 2017
“The powers of the general government will be, and indeed must be, principally employed upon external objects, such as war, peace, negotiations with foreign powers, and foreign commerce.” —Joseph Story (1833)
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*Image: “The Committee of Five” [detail] from The Declaration of Independence by John Turnbull, 1818 [U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC]. Presenting the Declaration [to John Hancock, not shown here] are John Adams on the left, Thomas Jefferson in the center, and Benjamin Franklin on the right, with Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston behind.
September 22, 2021
