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First Principles: If There Is A Form of Government, Then, Whose Principle and Foundation Is Virtue, Will Not Every Sober Man Acknowledge It Better Calculated To Promote the General Happiness Than Any Other Form

“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?” – John Adams (1776), in Thoughts On Government

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First Principles: A Government Formed On Virtue Leads To the Greatest Happiness

“If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?”  — John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 Thoughts … Continue reading

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