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it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected
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A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
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The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
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The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
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Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.