The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses
on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes
from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from
Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these
days. If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we
will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not
believe in rights for anybody except the State
By President Truman