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Nothing Is More Certain Than That A General ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007 (message contributor)
"Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue."
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