“I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.”
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We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
