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A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
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it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected
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It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
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Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian.
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Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
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The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.