These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self.
— Pope Francis
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.
— George Washington
In France, religion had been considered the enemy of liberty, but in America, as George Washington expressed it, religion and morality were the 'twin pillars of freedom.'
— James Kennedy
Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.