John Witherspoon

“Some have observed that the rudest and most savage of the human race are found to be the most tenacious of their customs.”

“I would rather be vanquished in a good cause than victorious in a bad one.”

“It is in the man's own mind, then, that the seat of his happiness is placed.”

“He is the best friend to American liberty, who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion.”

“There is no earthly object of greater importance than education.”

“An unprincipled man is a very insignificant thing in a free government.”

“To promote true religion is the best and most effectual way of making a virtuous and regular people. Love to God and love to man is the substance of religion.”

“Providence has a greater hand in great events than is usually ascribed to it.”

“In my opinion, it is not only better to be wiped out than to exist as slaves, but it is better not to exist at all than to exist as slaves.”

“Never to trust a man's judgment in his own case.”

“A republic, once equally poised, must either preserve its virtue or lose its liberty.”

“Civil liberty cannot be long preserved without virtue.”