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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Approximate author period: c. 1780 AD · early modern

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John Adams
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Approximate author period: c. 1780 AD · early modern
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