“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”    John Adams

Some folks would like you to believe that’s a misquote.  I just saw this as I was looking up the source… judge for yourselves.  The quote in its full context:

http://www.beliefnet.com/resourcelib/docs/115/Message_from_John_Adams_to_the_Officers_of_the_First_Brigade_1.html