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" Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile. "

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" If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. "

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" The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. "

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