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The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.
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Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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Are riches, honors, and beauty going out of fashion? Is not the rage for them, on the contrary, increased faster than improvement in knowledge?
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Rivalries must be controlled, or they will throw all things into confusion; and there is nothing but despotism or a balance of power which can control them.
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
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