...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? and let us with caution indulge the supposition that...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. " It is substantially...

...indispensable supports. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion; — reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail, in exclusion...

...religious obligations DESERT the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. What ever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason...

...religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. DOCUMENTS CONNECTED...

...and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let us with caution indulge the supposition, that...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." Some of the advantages...

...does not depend on religion, Washington argues, this is not the case for the morality of the nation: "And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." In the end, while it is often thought that the separation of church and state marks the divorce of...

...habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion." 69 (Historian Fred Hood has even written that an "amazing similarity" of language between Hamilton's...

...Regarding government's view of morality, Washington's Farewell Address in 1796 stated the consensus: "It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government." For this reason, speech or conduct that tends to injure the public morals was subject to 66 Constitution...

...this time: Our conclusions, then, are these, namely: First, that Washington was right when he said: 'Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.' Second; that the State cannot teach morality without teaching religion as its foundation. Third; that...

...can be separated from religion," gently admitting instead that the opposite might possibly be true: "Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion." On balance, however, 113 Washington's "Farewell Address" expresses his personal hopes and concerns...