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Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
Approximate author period: c. 1767 AD · early modern
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- Patrick Henry
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- Approximate author period: c. 1767 AD · early modern
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