Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 103
... despotic government . It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plu- rality of hands , and not by a single one . 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one . . . . An elective despotism was not the ...
... despotic government . It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plu- rality of hands , and not by a single one . 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one . . . . An elective despotism was not the ...
Page 132
... despotism can produce . It is indeed true , that " the interest of freedom is a virgin that every one seeks to deflour ; and like a virgin it must be kept , or else ( so great is the lust of mankind after dominion ) there follows a rape ...
... despotism can produce . It is indeed true , that " the interest of freedom is a virgin that every one seeks to deflour ; and like a virgin it must be kept , or else ( so great is the lust of mankind after dominion ) there follows a rape ...
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... despotism of sovereignty , is the best security to be found against those unjust laws by which social liberty is so often injured ; and against that despotism of majorities , by which it has been so often destroyed . This wise and just ...
... despotism of sovereignty , is the best security to be found against those unjust laws by which social liberty is so often injured ; and against that despotism of majorities , by which it has been so often destroyed . This wise and just ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
JOHN WINTHROP 15881649 | 15 |
JOHN COTTON 15841652 | 21 |
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