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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed...

"..Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us (America) invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed... so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger."

-- Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding Father in a letter on "American character" to Archibald Blair January 8, 1799 (Tyler, pg 365).

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