MONDAY MUSINGS FROM OUR FOUNDERS Charles Carroll

" Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments."

Charles Carroll

SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;

SELECTED AS DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION;

FRAMER OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS;

U. S. SENATOR

Member, 1774-1776 Constitutional Conventions,

Anne Arundel County Senate, Western Shore, 1777-1800

Senate President, 1782-1783

Delegate, Continental Congress, 1776, 1777-1778, 1780

Signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776

U.S. Senator, 1st, 2nd Congresses, 1789-1792