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The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes...was never mine. It is o...more

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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

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It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we know that the...more

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Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to the...more