Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.
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This hand, unfriendly to tyrants, Seeks with the sword placid repose under liberty.
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If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.
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