“I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.”

Benjamin Franklin
Original source
Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion" (1728)

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