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Quotation from Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania by John Dickinson
“Some states have lost their liberty by particular accidents; but this calamity is generally owing to the decay of virtue.”
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter XII (1903 Outlook Company reprint of the 1768 Boston edition, Project Gutenberg text)
The first sentence of the last letter, which turns from law to the character of citizens.
Citation: "Some states have lost their liberty by particular accidents; but this calamity is generally owing to the decay of virtue." — John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, Letter XII (1903 Outlook Company reprint of the 1768 Boston edition, Project Gutenberg text). (id letters-from-a-farmer-in-pennsylvania-q7)
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