Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time;
they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so
sublime & pure, [and] which denounces against the wicked eternal misery, and
[which] insured to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid
foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free
governments.
(Source: Bernard C. Steiner, The Life and Correspondence of James McHenry (Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers, 1907), p. 475. In a letter from Charles Carroll to James McHenry of November 4, 1800.)
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