The American Politican: Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Inaugural and First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents, and Other Important State Papers; Together with a Selection of Interesting Statistical Tables, and Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Several Presidents, and Many Other Distinguished Characters |
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... opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation . We hold these truths to be self - evident : that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...
... opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation . We hold these truths to be self - evident : that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...
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... opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices ; and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the ...
... opinion , in writing , of the principal officer in each of the executive departments , upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices ; and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the ...
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... opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and litera- ture . Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness . In one in which the measures of gov- ernment ...
... opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and litera- ture . Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness . In one in which the measures of gov- ernment ...
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... opinion of duty , and to a deference for what appeared to be your de- sire . I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power , consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard , to return to that ...
... opinion of duty , and to a deference for what appeared to be your de- sire . I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power , consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard , to return to that ...
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... opinions and aims of other districts . You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jeal- ousies and heart - burnings which spring from these misrep- resentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be ...
... opinions and aims of other districts . You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jeal- ousies and heart - burnings which spring from these misrep- resentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be ...
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