A Little Flattery Will Support A Man

A Free, Virtuous, And Enlightened People Must Know Full Well The Great Principles And Causes Upon Which Their Happiness Depends.

It Is Better To Spread Trust All Around Than To Hand Out Money!

We Must Support Our Rights Or Lose Our Character, And With It, Perhaps, Our Liberties.

Republics Demanded Virtue. Monarchies Could Rely On Coercion And "dazzling Splendor" To Suppress Self-interest Or Factions; Republics Relied On The Goodness Of The People To Put Aside Private Interest For Public Good. The Imperatives Of Virtue Attached All Sorts Of Desiderata To The Republican Citizen: Simplicity, Frugality, Sobriety, Simple Manners, Christian Benevolence, Duty To The Polity. Republics Called On Other Virtues--spiritedness, Courage--to Protect The Polity From External Threats. Tyrants Kept Standing Armies; Republics Relied On Free Yeomen, Defending Their Own Land.

The Best Form Of Government Is That Which Is Most Likely To Prevent The Greatest Sum Of Evil.