Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power. (George Washington)

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power.

George Washington

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