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Page vii
... political life is too pain- fully evident to be overlooked , and too alarmingly fre- quent not to cause serious apprehensions . So far is it practised by the would - be leaders of both political par- ties , and by those who sustain them ...
... political life is too pain- fully evident to be overlooked , and too alarmingly fre- quent not to cause serious apprehensions . So far is it practised by the would - be leaders of both political par- ties , and by those who sustain them ...
Page ix
... political aspirant learn this truth , and laying aside his unwieldy , because unnatural exterior , adopt those pure principles which will allow of the greatest freedom , and at the same time secure the greater and better results . Men ...
... political aspirant learn this truth , and laying aside his unwieldy , because unnatural exterior , adopt those pure principles which will allow of the greatest freedom , and at the same time secure the greater and better results . Men ...
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... political horizon of the future there may rise up ominous clouds , yet if we be true to ourselves they shall pass away , leaving a serene sky to smile over the happy millions of future generations . We have a country surpassing an ...
... political horizon of the future there may rise up ominous clouds , yet if we be true to ourselves they shall pass away , leaving a serene sky to smile over the happy millions of future generations . We have a country surpassing an ...
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... politics of a court , but to win his way to power , through the laborious gradations of public service ; and to secure himself a well - earned rank in parliament , by a thorough knowledge of its constitution , and a perfect practice in ...
... politics of a court , but to win his way to power , through the laborious gradations of public service ; and to secure himself a well - earned rank in parliament , by a thorough knowledge of its constitution , and a perfect practice in ...
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... political friends , who with the names of various departments of ministry , were admitted , to seem , as if they acted a part under him , with a modesty that becomes all men , and with a confidence in him which was justified even in its ...
... political friends , who with the names of various departments of ministry , were admitted , to seem , as if they acted a part under him , with a modesty that becomes all men , and with a confidence in him which was justified even in its ...
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Page 292 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and Morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be, that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 291 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity. Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 312 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 56 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils.
Page 295 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice...
Page 311 - Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Page 288 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 297 - Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment o"f partaking in the midst of my fellowcitizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government — the ever favorite object of my heart and the happy...
Page 284 - ... to the permanency of your felicity as a People. These will be offered to you with the more freedom, as you can only see in them the disinterested warnings of a parting friend, who can possibly have no personal motive to bias his counsel. Nor can I forget, as an encouragement to it, your indulgent reception of my sentiments on a former and not dissimilar occasion. Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm...
Page 252 - Three millions of People, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.