“I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
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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.
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.
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
