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Honesty in States [archaic, governments], as well as in individuals, will ever be found the soundest policy.

By George Washington | Quotation Details

And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who permitting one half the citizens thus [through slavery] to trample on the rights of the other…

By Thomas Jefferson | Quotation Details

In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation [of the United States] is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior.

By John Quincy Adams | Quotation Details

Statesmen, my dear sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.

By John Adams | Quotation Details

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