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1823. March 21
Constitut. Code

§. 2. Obstacles to attainment opposed by Rulers' sinister interest. and

31. Of every functionary, and in particular of every ruling
functionary, the natural and self-regarding particular interest is adverse
to the national universal interest of the and thereby to his share in it:
it is thus the tendency of it or thereby to it is thereby, and in so far, a sinister interest. Of this sinister interest the
constant tendency is – to diminish not to say to minimize his appropriate moral aptitude.
By it he is continually urged to give the runs to antisocial
and antinational appetite in all its shapes. By it he is
urged to maximize, at the expence of the universal interest
the quantity at his disposal, of the several instrum external instruments of felicity, objects
of general desire, sweets of rule, incentives to misrule:
of public money, applied applying it in for for his own use, of power, applying
it to for the purchase of obsequiousness in all shapes towards to his own will
and of service in all its shapes for his own benefit; of
factitious honour and dignity for the purchase of respect to
himself from all men and obsequiousness to his own will from all who
look to receive it at his hands; of vengeance at
the expence of all who resist his will; at of ease
at the expence of his official duty.

Of the greatest Such are the national evils to the maximization
of which every functionary is constantly urged by the
pressure of self his own self-regarding, particular and sinister
interest: while the interest of the greatest number at
all times requires that they in every instance those same evils be minimized.

Identifier: | JB/036/216/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36.
Date_1	1823-03-21	Marginal Summary Numbering	31
Box	036	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	216	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1822
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1822
Notes public		ID Number	11140
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