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... extent , it does not appear to me that they of themselves alone are fufficient to tarnish and ob- fcure the luftre of an event , from which fuch unprecedented benefits benefits to fociety have fo manifeftly refulted . All improve- ( 2 )
... extent , it does not appear to me that they of themselves alone are fufficient to tarnish and ob- fcure the luftre of an event , from which fuch unprecedented benefits benefits to fociety have fo manifeftly refulted . All improve- ( 2 )
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... appear to have de- ferved well of their country , and the thanks of their country await them ! " It would take up more room than in this small space is al- lowed me to enumerate all the circumstances which induce me to call this ...
... appear to have de- ferved well of their country , and the thanks of their country await them ! " It would take up more room than in this small space is al- lowed me to enumerate all the circumstances which induce me to call this ...
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... appear to us a bleffing , rather than a curfe . Let me illuftrate my meaning by an example . - On entering into fo- ciety , I recognize the right of property in the poffeffor . This I do as much for my own fake , as I do for his ; for ...
... appear to us a bleffing , rather than a curfe . Let me illuftrate my meaning by an example . - On entering into fo- ciety , I recognize the right of property in the poffeffor . This I do as much for my own fake , as I do for his ; for ...
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... appears , that this our idol , is neither a god , nor one whom God has employed to conduct for him , hu- man affairs , nor one made of fuperior materials to thofe of which every other creature is formed , that he does not poffefs ...
... appears , that this our idol , is neither a god , nor one whom God has employed to conduct for him , hu- man affairs , nor one made of fuperior materials to thofe of which every other creature is formed , that he does not poffefs ...
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... appears beautiful ; there is no hue in the royal robe that fafcinates of themselves . It is the virtues . of the man alone that gives the one a brilliancy , the other a pleafing and attracting colour . I love virtue wherever it is to be ...
... appears beautiful ; there is no hue in the royal robe that fafcinates of themselves . It is the virtues . of the man alone that gives the one a brilliancy , the other a pleafing and attracting colour . I love virtue wherever it is to be ...
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Page 1 - That liberty, or freedom, consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who frame the laws, and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace; for the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need, to have representatives in the legislature than the rich one.
Page 5 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Page 4 - We must have continually present to our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would be no longer possessed of liberty, because all his fellow-citizens would have the same power.
Page 3 - Some have taken it as a means of deposing a person on whom they had conferred a tyrannical authority; others for the power of choosing a superior whom they are obliged to obey; others for the right of bearing arms, and of being thereby enabled to use violence; others, in fine, for the privilege of being governed by a native of their own country, or by their own laws.
Page 1 - Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out (I die pronouncing it), Like to a tenement, or pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 4 - To prevent this abuse, it is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power. A government may be so constituted, as no man shall be compelled to do things to which the law does not oblige him, nor forced to abstain from things which the law permits.
Page 4 - In short, whoever considers what it is, that constitutes the moving principle of what we call great affairs, and the invincible sensibility of man to the opinion of his fellow-creatures, will not hesitate to affirm that, if it were possible for the liberty of the press to exist in a despotic government, and, (what is not less difficult) for it to exist without changing the constitution, this liberty of the press...
Page 4 - Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in these it is not always found. It is there only when there is no abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Is it not strange, though true, to say that virtue itself has need of limits? To prevent this abuse, it is necessary from the very nature of things...
Page 4 - ... from monarchies. In fine, as in democracies the people seem to act almost as they please, this sort of government has been deemed the most free, and the power of the people has been confounded with their liberty.
Page 5 - Marseilles; public tranquillity, that of the laws of China; navigation, that of the laws of Rhodes; natural liberty, that of the policy of the Savages; in general, the pleasures of the prince, that of despotic states; that of monarchies, the prince's and the kingdom's glory; the independence of individuals is the end aimed at by the laws of Poland, thence results the oppression of the whole.