Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As

A Belief In God's Universal Love To All His Creatures, And That He Will Finally Restore All Of Them That Are Miserable To Happiness, Is A Polar Truth. . . It Establishes The Equality Of [humanity]. . .

We Profess To Be Republicans, And Yet We Neglect The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government; That Is, The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible; For This Divine Book, Above All Others, Favors That Equality Among Mankind, That Respect For Just Laws, And All Those Sober And Frugal Virtues Which Constitute The Soul Of Republicanism.

The Bible, When Not Read In Schools, Is Seldom Read In Any Subsequent Period Of Life...the Bible...should Be Read In Our Schools In Preference To All Other Books Because It Contains The Greatest Portion Of That Kind Of Knowledge Which Is Calculated To Produce Private And Public Happiness.

Scandal Dies Sooner Of Itself, Than We Could Kill It.

I Do Not Believe That The Constitution Was The Offspring Of Inspiration, But I Am As Satisfied That It Is As Much The Work Of A Divine Providence As Any Of The Miracles Recorded In The Old And New Testament.