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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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than read more
The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
No nation has friends only interests
No nation has friends only interests
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is read more
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.
