..."Founders" had laid down for it. Webster was a prophet in the wilderness it seemed, reminding people that "our ancestors established their system of government...on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits cannot safely be trusted on any other foundation than religious principles, nor can government be secure...

...America's foremost advocate of nationalism during his day, felt compelled to remind his contemporaries, 'Our ancestors established their system of government...be secure which is not supported by moral habits.' ' The Enemy Within, page 130. Savage is quoting from Webster's "Plymouth Oration," delivered in 1820...

...moral and ethical standards, academic standards, and business standards. Daniel Webster said, "Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government...be secure which is not supported by moral habits." A Divine Call The American founders believed there was indeed a specific, divine call upon this nation....

...expressions of Daniel Webster are equally emphatic. In his famous Plymouth Rock oration, he says : "Our ancestors established their system of government...government be secure which is not supported by moral truth. ' ' Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. "Our fathers came here to...

...let us hear some of his words on the relations of religion and government. "Our ancestors," he says, "established their system of government on morality...religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot^afely be trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure...