"Nothing is more certain than that a general
profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good
form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but
beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and
slavery must ensue."
--John Witherspoon, The Dominion of Providence Over
the Passions of Men, 1776
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