Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
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No point is of more importance than the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above justice Above all, shall that man be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice.George Mason
Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.
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Slavery discourages arts and manufactures.
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There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.
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As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.
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I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.
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