“Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle” – George Washington
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"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle" – George Washington
"Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle" – George Washington
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