- “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt they have more need of masters.” Benjamin Franklin
- “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams
- “Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” Samuel Adams
- “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead
- “While governments enforce the law written on the books, religion teaches and encourages adherence to the law written in the heart. Those who abide the latter will seldom if ever violate the former. As we read in the Doctrine and Covenants, “He that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the laws of the land” (58:21).” Religion and Government, Elder Wilford W. Andersen Of the Seventy