إنّ الدين والأخلاق وحدهما هما اللذان يُرسيان المبادئ التي تستقر عليها الحرية بأمان. وأساس الدستور الحر الوحيد هو الفضيلة الخالصة.

“[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.”John Adams — The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations (1854)