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" Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories ; and to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is... "
An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the ... - Page 118
by William Winterbotham - 1795
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 78

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1788 - 714 pages
...difcover, and wickednefs infenfibly open, cultivate, and improve. Every government degenerates when trufted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themfelves therefore are its only fafe depoficories. And to render even them fafe, their minds mufl be improved to a certain degree. This...
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The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United ...

Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...Every government degenerates when tfufted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themfelres therefore are its only fafe depofitories. And to render...to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is ncceflarj, though it be effcntially neceflary. An amendment of our conftitution muft here come in aid...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...rulers of the people alone. The people themfelves then are its only fafe depofitories. And to render them fafe their minds muft be improved to a certain...degree. This indeed is not all that is neceflary, though it be eflentially neceflary. An amendment of our conilitution muft here come in aid of the public education....
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...themselves therefore are its only safe depositories ; and to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary. An amendment of our constitution must here come in aid...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...people themselves, then, are its only safe depositories. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This, indeed, is not all. that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary. An amendment of our constitution must here come in aid...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Tobacco - 1832 - 296 pages
...themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must he improved to a certain degree. — This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary. An amendment of our constitution must here come in aid...
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The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue, Condensed from the Scriptures ...

Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...themselves therefore are ita only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it he essentially necessary. An amendment of our constitution must here come in aid...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...themselves therefore are its only safe depositories. And to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary. An amendment of our constitution must here come in aid...
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on Their Economy, Volume 1

Frederick Law Olmsted - Enslaved persons - 1856 - 766 pages
...themselves are the only safe depositories of government. And to render them safe, their minds must \ be improved to a certain degree. This, indeed, is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary." The proposal met with no greater favor than that for...
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on Their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted - History - 1861 - 756 pages
...themselves are the only safe depositories of government. And to render them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This, indeed, is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary." The proposal met with no greater favor than that for...
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