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Quotation from The Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason
“That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”
The Virginia Declaration of Rights, Section XV (Avalon Project transcription)
The Declaration ties the survival of free government to the character of its citizens.
Citation: "That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." — George Mason, The Virginia Declaration of Rights, Section XV (Avalon Project transcription). (id virginia-declaration-of-rights-q4)
Portrait: George Mason, After John Hesselius, Public domain.
