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  ...words, "The character of Divinity is stamped on his countenance," etc.
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_Justice._--As custom determines what is agreeable, so also does it determine justice.
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_King and tyrant._--I, too, will keep my thoughts secret.
I will take care on every journey.
Greatness of establishment, respect for establishment.
The pleasure of the great is the power to make people happy.
The property of riches is to be given liberally.
The property of each thing must be sought. The property of power is to protect.  
When force attacks humbug, when a private soldier takes the square cap off a first president, and throws it out of the window.
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The government founded on opinion and imagination reigns for some time, and this government is pleasant and voluntary; that founded on might lasts for ever. Thus opinion is the queen of the world, but might is its tyrant.
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Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without...   Pascal, Blaise

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