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" Sometimes it is said, that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question. "
American Literature, 1607-1885: The development of American thought - Page 196
by Charles Francis Richardson - 1886
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 14

1801 - 446 pages
...strong— that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of the successful experiment, abandon a government which...Can he then be trusted with the government of others ' Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question....
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

1802 - 888 pages
...full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, in the theoretic and visionary fear that this government,...he then be trusted with the government of others? or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him ? Let history answer the question. Let us...
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Addresses of the Successive Presidents to Both Houses of Congress, at the ...

United States. President - 1805 - 276 pages
...us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear, that this government, the world's best ho-,e, may, by possibility, •want energy to preserve itself?...Can he then be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question....
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Niles' National Register, Volume 1

1812 - 498 pages
...every man at the call of the law, would fly "to the standard of the law, and would meet iuva' sions of the public order as his own personal 'concern....government of himself. Can ' he then be trusted with ihe government of others ? ' or have we found angels in the form of kings to 'govern him ? — Let...
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession ...

1814 - 532 pages
...invasions of the publiek order as his own personal eoneern. — Sometimes it is said that man eannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels, in th« form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer thii question....
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Niles' National Register, Volume 1

1816 - 514 pages
...the law, would fly to the standard of the law, "and would meet invasions of the public order a* '.lis own personal concern. Sometimes it is said •'that...government 'of himself. Can he then be trusted with the go. 'vernment of others? or have we found angels in the ";'orm of kings to govern him?— Let history...
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession ...

1819 - 518 pages
...the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the publick order as his own personal concern. — Sometimes it...Can he then be trusted with the government of others ? Or have we found angels, in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question....
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2

1827 - 526 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican...he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question. Let...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2

1827 - 528 pages
...of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican...he then be trusted with the government of others? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer this question. Let...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2

1827 - 528 pages
...patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us fpee and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear, that...Can he then be trusted with the government of others ? Or, have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him ? Let history answer this question....
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