“The great pillars of all government and of social life . . . [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.” ~ PATRICK HENRY.

“One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law. . . . There never has been a period in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundations. . . . I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society.” ~ JOSEPH STORY

“[T]he Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth. . . . [and] laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.” ~ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

“We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel.” ~ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

“[T]he Christian religion—its general principles—must ever be regarded among us as the foundation of civil society.” ~ DANIEL WEBSTER

“True religion always enlarges the heart and strengthens the social tie.” ~ JOHN WITHERSPOON

“Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” ~ JAMES MADISON

“The study and practice of law . . . does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.” ~ JOHN ADAMS

“I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. . . . It is only necessary for republicanism to ally itself to the Christian religion to overturn all the corrupted political and religious institutions in the world.” ~ BENJAMIN RUSH

“[T]he 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

“[N]ational prosperity can neither be attained nor preserved without the favor of Providence." ~ JOHN JAY

“As guardians of the prosperity, liberty, and morals of the State, we are therefore bound by every injunction of patriotism and wisdom . . . to patronize public improvements and to cherish all institutions for the diffusion of religious knowledge and for the promotion of virtue and piety.” ~ DANIEL TOMPKINS

"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." ~ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." ~  ALEXANDER HAMILTON