...reminded of the Farewell Address of Franklin's fellow Freemason George Washington, with its warning that "Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."13 The somber Washington...

...great nation was built. George Washington in his "Farewell Address", September 19, 1796 said this: "And let us with caution indulge the supposition that...morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may he conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structurereason and experience...

...dispositions and habits which led to political prosperity religion and morality are indispensable supports 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 of religious...

...their possibility, then the political benefits of religion cannot be held, and democracy itself decays. "Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure," Washington famously warned in his Farewell Address, "reason and experience both forbid us to expect...

...and 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."** With these thoughts in mind, we return to our original question: To what extent should man's law include...

...claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness.... And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion" (Kennedy and Newcombe, 69). Likewise, James Madison declared, "We have staked the whole future of American...

...religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation of Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. (Emphasis added.) President George Washington, "Farewell Address," September 19, 1796 2. A Brief Look...

...the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness. . . It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government."25 Washington had completed his divinely inspired work and would shortly be taken home...

...habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be contained without religion." By "religion," Washington meant Judeo-Christianity, or at least theistic...