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Taking therefore the whole system of government in
all its parts and more particularly the constitutional branch never in the direct ration, always in the
ratio of its strength has been the felicity of the people greater
number.
At no time have the constituent number of the governing body
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But under the English Constitution, not to speak of others,
those by whom the powers of government have been exercised have
at all times had an interest and consequently a desire operating in direct opposition to
that of their subjects: and having by the supposition before
in their hands the corresponding power, the power to give effect
to that same interest and that same desire. Such according correspondent to
here be the consequence: the sacrifice of the interest and felicity
of the greater number of the particular and thus
sinister interest of those same rulers.
In no instance has any benefit the receipt of which has being
been of reward by the governed would be have been productive attached
with any corresponding sacrifice in any shape on the part
of the ruler been conferred on the people but under a
sense of and with reluctance: none in the case of design,
now but either of necessity or accident, has any such
benefit been the result.
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