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"It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest."
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"A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments."
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"The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people."
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"The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade."
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