Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... citizens , whether amount- ing to a majority or minority of the whole , who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion , or of interest , ad- verse to the rights of other citizens , or to the permanent and aggre- gate ...
... citizens , whether amount- ing to a majority or minority of the whole , who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion , or of interest , ad- verse to the rights of other citizens , or to the permanent and aggre- gate ...
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... citizens , merely on the ground that they owned no lands or other sizable estates . Said one mem- ber : The consequence is , that many of our citizens , virtuous , intelligent , in- dustrious men , forego all their attachments to their ...
... citizens , merely on the ground that they owned no lands or other sizable estates . Said one mem- ber : The consequence is , that many of our citizens , virtuous , intelligent , in- dustrious men , forego all their attachments to their ...
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... citizens : A name , a sound , has too often had influence on the affairs of nations ; an EXCISE has too long been the successful watchword of party . It has even sometimes led astray well - meaning men . The experiment is now to be ...
... citizens : A name , a sound , has too often had influence on the affairs of nations ; an EXCISE has too long been the successful watchword of party . It has even sometimes led astray well - meaning men . The experiment is now to be ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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