“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.”
Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833
This quote has never been more true than in this campaign for the Republican nomination.
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“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens...”