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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.