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I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves
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The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.
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Why do they expect virtue from a slave, or from a being whom the constitution of civil society has rendered weak, if not vicious?
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The many have always been enthralled by the few; and, monsters who have scarcely shown any discernment of human excellence, have tyrannized over thousands of their fellow creatures.