“In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.”
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased.
I think the first duty of society is justice.
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
