![[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than by virtue: The worst men always conspiring against them, they must fall, if the best have not power to preserve them. . . . [and] unless they be preserved in a great measure free from vices . . . .](/assets/img/quote-photos/all-popular-and-well-mixed-governments-republics-are-ever-established-b.jpg)
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The statistics don't support planes falling out of the sky. Phil Boyer
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