What They Said

“When was public virtue to be found when private was not?”

"To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea."

"And, whilst I see the dangers that threaten ours from her intrigues and her arms, I am not so much alarmed as at the apprehension of her destroying the great pillars of all government and of social life, — I mean virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed.