I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.
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But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.
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I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.
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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
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