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"Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect."
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"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."
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"There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices."
"God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it."
"The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy."
"'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force."
"A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast."
"This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural."
"Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty."
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