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We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. we have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the ten commandments.
-James Madison
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James Madison
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. we have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the ten commandments.
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