Quote by George Washington

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 principle.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality ca

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This quote suggests that maintaining morality without religion is an uncertain notion. The speaker advises caution in entertaining the idea, claiming that reason and experience dictate otherwise. According to them, it is unreasonable to expect that a society's moral values can thrive without religious principles ingrained within them.

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