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It is, however, clear proof of wicked legislation, when humane and conscientious men cannot hold the offices it creates.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It is, however, clear proof of wicked legislation, when humane and conscientious men cannot hold the offices it creates.”
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He critiques legislation that prevents conscientious individuals from holding public office.
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Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
I answer, that this difference which they so be-little and disparage will often be all the difference between freedom and bondage, between life and death, between honor and infamy, between happiness and perdition.
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The liberty of voting includes all other liberties.
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