This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.
The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.
Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.
The Bible… is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever printed.
But, indeed, my dear child, this [Christianity] is a character which I prize far above all this world has, or can boast.
I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics.

