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Only an unmitigated despotism demands that the individual citizen shall obey unconditionally every mandate of persons in authority.
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The interest of the people is that there should be full liberty of censure on every public officer, and on every public act or measure.
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A Sultan's favourite slave has slaves under her, over whom she tyrannizes; but the desirable thing would be that she should neither have slaves nor be a slave.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.