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We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness. ... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government. - George Mason, United States Founding Father, Father of the Bill of Rights, Constitutional Convention Delegate, Non Signer of the Constitution, Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches, William Wirt Henry, editor, (New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1891), Vol. II, p. 185, from George Mason to Patrick Henry, May 6, 1783
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