13 August 1937 Posted on August 12, 2013 by Staff The Battle of Shanghai begins. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 13 August 1937 13 August 1937 16 August 1914 26 August 1966 6 May 1937 27 September 1937 12 December 1937 13 December 1937 6 May 1937 31 August 1888