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Mike Johnson: “Our Constitution is made only for a moral and religious…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Inside Washington with Speaker Mike Johnson and Pastor Greg Laurie

Published | Video Starts at 12:30

And Washington said in his famous farewell address, of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. John Adams, our second president, said, Our Constitution is made only for a moral and religious people. That is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. You don't find that in any other country. You certainly didn't before 1776. Now, some have tried to emulate it in different ways, but we're unique and we're different. (12:30–12:36)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution is designed for a moral and religious populace.

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