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3534. GOVERNMENT, The people and.—
Every government degenerates when trusted
to the rulers of the people alone. The people
themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.
And to render even them safe,
their minds must be improved to a certain degree.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 390.
Ford ed., iii, 254.
(1782)
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