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In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support [salary] is a power over his will.

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As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in god and hate a saint.
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The multitude . . . have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them. . . . It is not safe to trust to the virtue of any people.
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Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
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