4 December 1881 December 3, 2015 Author: Staff The Los Angeles Times is published for the first time. 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: 24 December 1974 14 July 1881 26 October 1881 14 April 1881 26 October 1881 14 April 1881 14 July 1881 26 October 1881 14 December 1963 25 December 1974 Categories: History Tags: 1881, 4 December