Without Religion, I Believe That

The Only Foundation For . . . A Republic Is To Be Laid In Religion. Without This There Can Be No Virtue, And Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty, And Liberty Is The Object And Life Of All Republican Governments.

Upon My Return From The Army To Baltimore In The Winter Of 1777, I Sat Next To John Adams In Congress, And Upon My Whispering To Him And Asking Him If He Thought We Should Succeed In Our Struggle With Great Britain, He Answered Me, "yes-if We Fear God And Repent Of Our Sins."

The American War Is Over; But This Far From Being The Case With The American Revolution. On The Contrary, Nothing But The First Act Of The Drama Is Closed. It Remains Yet To Establish And Perfect Our New Forms Of Government, And To Prepare The Principles, Morals, And Manners Of Our Citizens For These Forms Of Government After They Are Established And Brought To Perfection.

A Pioneer Is Generally A Man Who Has Outlived His Credit Or Fortune In The Cultivated Parts.

Controversy Is Only Dreaded By The Advocates Of Error.