Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

Quote by George Washington

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The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free...

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free...

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions...

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may...

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may...

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for...

America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...