Essays, moral, political, and literaryJames Walker, 1825 |
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... , liberty and slavery , commonly approach nearest to each other ; and that , as you depart from the extremes , and mix a little of monarchy with liberty , the government becomes always the II Of the Liberty of the Press.
... , liberty and slavery , commonly approach nearest to each other ; and that , as you depart from the extremes , and mix a little of monarchy with liberty , the government becomes always the II Of the Liberty of the Press.
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... commonly the most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppressive to their provinces : And this observation may , I believe , be fixed as a maxim of the kind we are here speaking of . When a ...
... commonly the most happy for those who partake of their freedom ; yet are they the most ruinous and oppressive to their provinces : And this observation may , I believe , be fixed as a maxim of the kind we are here speaking of . When a ...
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... commonly much attached to their ancient go- vernment , it is not to be expected that the public would ever favour such usurpations . But where the original con- stitution allows any share of power , though small , to an order of men ...
... commonly much attached to their ancient go- vernment , it is not to be expected that the public would ever favour such usurpations . But where the original con- stitution allows any share of power , though small , to an order of men ...
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... commonly found to be a very intractable principle ; and other principles or prejudices frequently resist all the au- thority of the civil magistrate ; whose power , being found- ed on opinion , can never subvert other opinions , equally ...
... commonly found to be a very intractable principle ; and other principles or prejudices frequently resist all the au- thority of the civil magistrate ; whose power , being found- ed on opinion , can never subvert other opinions , equally ...
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... commonly most governed by the latter motive ; the inferior members of them by the former . As to ecclesiastical parties , we may observe , that , in all ages of the world , priests have been enemies to liberty ; and it is certain , that ...
... commonly most governed by the latter motive ; the inferior members of them by the former . As to ecclesiastical parties , we may observe , that , in all ages of the world , priests have been enemies to liberty ; and it is certain , that ...
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