Community Quote by Daniel Webster

“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people to do…

— S.W. Southwick

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion…

— James Madison

“Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality, and…

— Calvin Coolidge

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality and…

— Calvin Coolidge

That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance,…

— George Mason

[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty…

— Joseph Story

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be…

— James Madison

Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine…

— Thomas Jefferson

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.

— E. W. Howe