"No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."

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"No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."

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"In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature."

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"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion."

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"People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous."

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