QUOTES
-Civil
Rights-
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom
of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent
and sudden usurpations.
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Government-
"What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections
on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels
were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would
be necessary."
-Population-
"What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide,
as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is stifled or starved, as among
other nations whose population is commensurate to its food; or 3d. it is consumed
by wars and endemic diseases; or 4th. it overflows, by emigration, to places where
a surplus of food is attainable."
