...ought to he no less persuaded that the prop.tious smiles of Heaven can never be expected он a natior. that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained : and since the pruservalio'i of the sacred tire of liberty, and the desti •V of the repubJican model of government,...

...happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...persuaded, that the propitious smiles of heaven can never bo expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has...

...— between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of publick prosperity and felicity. Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smi'es of Heaven can never be expected on a nation, that disregards the eternal rules of order and...

...happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted...

...— between duty and advantage — between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity....ordained. And since the preservation of the sacred 6re of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply,...

...echoes today. On April 30, 1789, in his first Inaugural Address as the first US president, he said, "The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are...entrusted to the hands of the American people." For us as 21st-century Americans,...

...like we, would call the liberal cause. We can repeat the formulation from the first inaugural address: "The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted...

...happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity;...of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted...

...bhanson@graceandlaw.com * www.graceandlaw.com ISUN:0-9719812-l-3 Printed and bound in the United States of America The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected...order and right which Heaven itself has ordained. PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1789 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering...

...first president, George Washington, warned us about this in his first inaugural address, when he said: "the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected...order and right which Heaven itself has ordained." Then, in his farewell address, he said, "reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national...