“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks, no form of government, can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.” – James Madison, Speech at Virginia Ratifying Convention, Debating Article III Sections 1 and 2, June 20, 1788; Day-by-Day Summary of the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Gordon Lloyd
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