Provocative thoughts

[Vexari]

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private

and public virtue is the only foundation of republics

There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honor, power and glory

established in the minds of the people

or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty

and this public passion must be superior to all private passions..


~ John Adams ~ (1735-1826)

Source.. letter to Mercy Warren, 1776