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Monthly Archives: August 2007

On compromise:

“A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion; that things, even salutary, should not be crammed down the throats of dissenting brethren, especially when they may be put into a form to be willingly swallowed, and that a great deal of indulgence is necessary to strengthen habits of [...]

On coercive power:

“What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.”