Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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