“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice?
And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
- George Washington, presidential Farewell Address
I get it (re: the George Washington Farewell Address) but apparently many can’t understand the difference between believing something and being willing to force their beliefs, illegally and against the Constitution, on the People. Romney has some opinions that many of us disagree with - yet he told us that he/the government shouldn’t be the ones to push them on people/organizations. He also acknowledged that ObamaCare was illegal/un-constitutional at the Federal/National level. Yet, many decide they can’t stand the fact that he said he thought homos should be allowed in the Boy Scouts or that he put RomneyCare into place in Massachusetts, so they opt to reject him and allow a person that has much viler views and opinions, and the willingness to shove every one of them down our throats with the full power of the Federal Government and all its armed agencies, into office for a second term - all this after getting very clear signals of his vile intentions from the first term. You can take Washington’s farewell address and put it next to the toilet - nice words don’t pardon the real idiots who still claim that Obama is not any worse than Romney would have been.