[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.

The great mass of our citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.