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Adams observed: "It is the only part of European democracy which will find no favor in the United States.
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Josiah Quincy reflects on the unique aspects of European democracy in relation to American values.
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The pride of Britain itself must bend to the course of events.
These have been, through life, perpetual admonitions to do nothing unworthy of it.
But the first principles of morals and politics, which have long been settled, acquire the authority of self-evident truths, which, when first discussed, may have been vehemently and portentously contested.
Have we not tamely submitted for years to the daily violation of the freedom of the post-office and of the press by a committee of seal-breakers?
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