George Washington
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There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained. ✨ First Inaugural Address on April 30, 1789. The Writings of George Washington, edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, Volume 30, pp. 294-295,

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