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  • “In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. ”
    Woodrow Wilson , Address to New York Press Club · View
  • “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ”
    John Adams , Address to the Massachusetts Militia · View
  • “To suppose any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without virtue in the people is a chimerical idea. ”
    James Madison , Speech at Virginia Ratifying Convention · View
  • “No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and their minds are to be informed by education what is right and wrong; to be encouraged in virtuous habits and deterred from vice. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View
  • “I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. ”
    John Adams , Letter to Thomas Jefferson · View
  • “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ”
    John Adams , Address to the Massachusetts Militia · View
  • “It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man... A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government... have, in turn, divided mankind. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 10 · View
  • “Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 10 · View
  • “The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public councils have been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have everywhere perished. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist No. 9 · View
  • “The causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 10 · View
  • “The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man. ”
    James Madison , Federalist Papers No. 10 · View
  • “Justice is the foundation of government. ”
    John Jay , Letter to George Washington · View
  • “All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ”
    James Madison , Constitutional Convention Notes · View
  • “The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist Papers No. 23 · View
  • “Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist Papers No. 70 · View
  • “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil. ”
    Thomas Paine , Common Sense · View
  • “The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Autobiography and Correspondence · View
  • “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. ”
    George Washington , Attributed · View
  • “Religion is the foundation of civil society, and the source of all good government. ”
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View
  • “Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time. ”
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View
  • “The unity of our government is a blessing we must preserve with vigilance. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 51 · View
  • “The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles. ”
    Noah Webster , History of the United States · View
  • “Liberty ought to be the direct end of government. ”
    Roger Sherman , Notes from the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “To the preservation of your government ... it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The unity of government ... is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The spirit of faction is a natural disease of free governments and the source of their corruption. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist No. 15 · View
  • “The spirit of faction, which is so apt to contaminate the public councils, has been the mortal disease under which popular governments have everywhere perished. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist No. 15 · View
  • “The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such moment should be suffered to pass without being influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent and omniscient Being. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Letter to Joseph Galloway · View
  • “A Christian cannot fail to be a republican. The religion of Christ is a religion of liberty. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion ... are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments. ”
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton , Letter to James McHenry · View
  • “Religion is the basis and foundation of government. ”
    Gouverneur Morris , Speech at the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “The Christian religion is the best security for the blessings of liberty and the stability of government. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “The Christian religion is the best security for the blessings of liberty and the stability of government. ”
    Benjamin Rush , Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical · View
  • “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. ”
    George Washington , Farewell Address · View
  • “The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles ... and to this we owe our free constitutions of government. ”
    Noah Webster , History of the United States · View
  • “The origin of all civil government is in the will of the people. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “Government is a trust derived from the people. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View