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Who’s your daddy?

Hereditary bodies, on the contrary, always existing, always on the watch for their own aggrandizement [to make themselves greater or to appear so], profit of every opportunity of advancing the...

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Whose voices are most important?

..whether the power of the people, or that of the aristoi [aristocracy] should prevail.. … we broke into two parties, each wishing to give a different direction to the government; the one to strengthen...

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What kind of aristocracy would you prefer?

I obtained leave to bring in a bill declaring tenants in tail to hold their lands in fee simple … To annul this privilege, and instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger, than...

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How to eliminate tyrants and empower citizens?

I considered 4 of these bills, passed or reported, as forming a system by which every fibre would be eradicated of antient or future aristocracy; and a foundation laid for a government truly...

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