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The animosities of elections should have no place in our Government, for government must concern itself alone with the common weal.
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The beauty of our system of government consists, and its safety and durability must consist, in avoiding mutual collisions and encroachments and in the regular separate action of all, while each is revolving in its own distinct orbit.
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Numa's virtue made him so celebrated that he was judged worthy to be king, Lykurgus' made him so great that he did not care to be king.
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It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service.