A simple democracy is the devil's own government..

Without Virtue there can be no liberty.

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism. The spirit is opposed, not only to the splendor, but even to the very fo….

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism..

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights..

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind..

While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes about He….

Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil go….

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world..

Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb..

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 ….

The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form of our ….

Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the a….

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. The ….

Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them..

The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, ….

Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of f….

We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal..

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taug….

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat..