Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.

Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who will receive their bread from their employers. Will such men be the secure and faithful guardians of liberty? Give the votes to people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich who will be able to buy them.

The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order, and to impress them with respect for. lawful authority. Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man towards God.

The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.