It Is A Very Great Mistake To

Neither The Wisest Constitution Nor The Wisest Laws Will Secure The Liberty And Happiness Of A People Whose Manners Are Universally Corrupt.

We Have This Day Restored The Sovereign To Whom All Men Ought To Be Obedient. He Reigns In Heaven And From The Rising To The Setting Of The Sun, Let His Kingdom Come.

If Men Of Wisdom And Knowledge, Of Moderation And Temperance, Of Patience, Fortitude And Perseverance, Of Sobriety And True Republican Simplicity Of Manners, Of Zeal For The Honour Of The Supreme Being And The Welfare Of The Commonwealth; If Men Possessed Of These Other Excellent Qualities Are Chosen To Fill The Seats Of Government, We May Expect That Our Affairs Will Rest On A Solid And Permanent Foundation.

Let Us Contemplate Our Forefathers, And Posterity, And Resolve To Maintain The Rights Bequeathed To Us From The Former, For The Sake Of The Latter.

Nothing Is More Essential To The Establishment Of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places Of Power And Trust Must Be Men Of Unexceptionable Characters.