[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.
The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be overturned by every blast.
Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.