“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
