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"Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives."
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"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself."
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"The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right."
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"In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."
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