Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.
George WashingtonReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
George WashingtonI walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
George WashingtonWe must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.
George Washington