“Real firmness is good for anything strut is good for nothing.”
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I think the first duty of society is justice.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.