There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.
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In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example, and France has followed it, of charters of power granted by liberty.
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No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment a certain degree of knowledge of the subjects on which he is to legislate.
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