Fifth in a series:
"Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. 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 a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.”"
- Patrick Henry, known for his speech before the American Revlution with the rallying cry: "Give me liberty or give me death."
Earlier: James Madison, Harry S. Truman, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
