Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality…

Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths,…

— George Washington

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to…

— George Washington

“& experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

— Janice T. Connell

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute…

— George Washington

The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.

— John Adams

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for…

— George Bernard Shaw

The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation. It…

— Adolf Hitler

“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. Recall that both George Washington and Fisher Ames had warned…

— David Barton

“...and then I remembered this basic religious principle that God isn't there to take away our suffering or our pain but to fill it…

— Anonymous

Holiness is religious principle put into motion. It is the love of God sent forth into circulation, on the feet, and with the hands…

— Frederic Dan Huntington

If a religious principle is worth anything, it applies to a million of human beings as truly as to one; and the difficulty of…

— Henry Parry Liddon

Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on any other…

— Daniel Webster