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How will man, that sanguinary tyrant, be able to excuse himself from the charge of those innumerable cruelties inflicted on his unoffending subjects committed to his care, formed for his benefit, and placed under his authority by their common Father?

— Soame Jenyns Disquisitions on Several Subjects (1782)

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Omnipotence cannot work contradictions, it can only effect all possible things.

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If christian nations therefore were nations of christians, all war would be impossible and unknown among them.

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Great men whilst living must expect disgraces,
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Those who profess outrageous zeal for the liberty and prosperity of their country, and at the same time infringe her laws, affront her religion and debauch her people, are but despicable quacks.

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The chief business of a government is like that of a nurse, to hinder those who are under its care from doing mischief to themselves.

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