“Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.”
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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
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.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
