The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
Benjamin FranklinRighteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.
Benjamin Franklin