“ Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ”
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
~ George Washington
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.]
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
