“Bad men cannot make good citizens.
It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of free men.
It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains.
A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom.
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved by any people except by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a frequent return to fundamental principles.”
– Patrick Henry