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4712. LIBERTY, Safeguards of.—[continued].

To insure the safety of
the public liberty, its depository should be
subject to be changed with the greatest ease
possible, and without suspending or disturbing
for a moment the movements of the
machine of government.—
To M. Destutt Tracy. Washington ed. v, 569. Ford ed., ix, 308.
(M. 1811)