The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... tion on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government . But what is government itself , but the greatest of all reflections on human nature ? If men were angels , no government would be necessary ...
... tion on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government . But what is government itself , but the greatest of all reflections on human nature ? If men were angels , no government would be necessary ...
Page 323
... tion among a population numbering about four million whites . It is no less a cause for admiration that their instrument of government should have survived the trials and crises of a century that saw the wreck of more than a score of ...
... tion among a population numbering about four million whites . It is no less a cause for admiration that their instrument of government should have survived the trials and crises of a century that saw the wreck of more than a score of ...
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... tion . GEORGE WASHINGTON , letter , 1789 The friends of Crawford lacked but one of being half of the New York delegation so that the diversion of a single vote from Mr. Adams would produce a tie . General Van Rensselaer was , through ...
... tion . GEORGE WASHINGTON , letter , 1789 The friends of Crawford lacked but one of being half of the New York delegation so that the diversion of a single vote from Mr. Adams would produce a tie . General Van Rensselaer was , through ...
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