"OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS
WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY,
RELIGION AND MORALITY
ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS... ...LET IT SIMPLY BE ASKED:
WHERE IS THE SECURITY FOR PROPERTY,
FOR REPUTATION, FOR LIFE,
IF THE SENSE OF RELIGIOUS
OBLIGATION DESERT THE OATHS
WHICH ARE THE INSTRUMENTS OF INVESTIGATION
IN COURTS OF JUSTICE?"
-GEORGE WASHINGTON FAREWELL ADDRESS
