Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.
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Thank you, madam, the agony is abated.'aged 4, having hot coffee spilt over his legs
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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?
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There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.
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And lastly, let us provide in our Constitution for its revision at stated periods
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