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Bad men cannot make good citizens. it is when a people forget god that tyrants forge their chains. a vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
-Patrick Henry
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Patrick Henry
Bad men cannot make good citizens. it is when a people forget god that tyrants forge their chains. a vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
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