As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.

Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.

The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.

Power must never be trusted without a check.

I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits... Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religious toleration to offer them an asylum.

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

The Christian Religion as I understand it is the best.