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" A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. "

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" This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. "

" The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. "

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" For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. "

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