FEDERAL CATECHISM
Q. What are the defects of democracy?
A. In democracy, where the people all meet for the purpose of making laws, there are commonly tumults and disorders. A small city may sometimes be governed in this manner; but if the citizens are numerous, their assemblies make a crowd or mob, where debates cannot be carried on with coolness and candor, nor can arguments be heard: Therefore a pure democracy is generally a very bad government. It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.
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MORAL CATECHISM
Q. What is moral virtue?
A. It is an honest upright conduct in all our dealings with men.
Q. Can we always determine what is honest and just?
A. Perhaps not in every instance, but in general it is not difficult.
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MORAL CATECHISM
Q. What rules have we to direct us?
A. God’s word contained in the Bible has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct.
Q. In what part of the Bible are these rules to be found?
A. In almost every part; but the most important duties between men are summed up in the beginning of Matthew, in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount.
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