Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... less vain , less proud , less selfish , less ambitious , or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy . It is not true , in fact , and nowhere appears in history . Those passions are the same in all men , under all forms of simple ...
... less vain , less proud , less selfish , less ambitious , or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy . It is not true , in fact , and nowhere appears in history . Those passions are the same in all men , under all forms of simple ...
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... less of it available , in a given time and place , than is wanted . Where there is less of it than is wanted , if some one gets all he wants , some one else must necessarily get less than he wants . Instantly there is rivalry for the ...
... less of it available , in a given time and place , than is wanted . Where there is less of it than is wanted , if some one gets all he wants , some one else must necessarily get less than he wants . Instantly there is rivalry for the ...
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... less successful in accumulating it than Mr. Mellon . Of course the corporations know better . And they take advantage of the innocent rectitude of the owner of genuine property . . . A movement to restore property to the citizens of ...
... less successful in accumulating it than Mr. Mellon . Of course the corporations know better . And they take advantage of the innocent rectitude of the owner of genuine property . . . A movement to restore property to the citizens of ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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