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Sep 18, 1796

Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.

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Sep 18, 1796

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories...has been evinced by the experience of all mankind.

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Sep 18, 1796

The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.

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