When we are planning for prosperity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
- Topic: Planning, Virtue
- Location: Glacier National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Society in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace, and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.
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