Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. – Alexis de Tocqueville

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith. – James L. Buckley

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. – H. L. Mencken