They choose men, not because they are just men, men of religion and integrity,
but solely for the sake of supporting a party. This is a fruitful source of
public evils. But as surely as there is a God in heaven, who exercises a moral
government over the affairs of this world, so certainly will the neglect of the
divine command, in the choice of rulers, be followed by bad laws and as bad
administration; by laws unjust or partial, by corruption, tyranny, impunity of
crimes, waste of public money, and a thousand other evils. Men may desire and
adopt a new form of government; they may amend old forms, repair breaches and
punish violators of the constitution; but there is, there can be no effectual
remedy, but obedience to the divine law.”
Noah Webster,
1834
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