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They believed that the greater such power, the greater the danger of its abuse.
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Beck warns that increased governmental power correlates with a heightened risk of its misuse.
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I only mention the subject to suggest that the reader of these lectures will better understand why the American people take the written obligations of the League so seriously and literally.
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They differed, at times heatedly, but always as gentlemen of candour and honour.
To remove those causes of estrangement, to avoid a fateful catastrophe, in other words, to bring about a cordial understanding with America, the first condition must be an understanding of America.
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