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“In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.”

Has Beens Sometimes Character Government Ability Situation Known Office Aim Consideration Appointments Great Office

Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

“The last point for consideration is the supposed disposition of the people to interfere with the rights of property. So essential does it appear to me, to the cause of good government, that the rights of property should be held sacred, that I would agree to deprive those of the elective franchise against whom it could justly be alleged that they considered it their interest to invade them.”

People Should Doe Wisdom Government Lasts Politics Causes Interest Economy Rights Essentials Agree Sacred Property Liberalism Consideration Interfere Disposition

Book:The Works of David Ricardo ...

Source: The Works of David Ricardo ...

“The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.”

Way Reason Light Government Lying Passion Subjects Design Prejudice Dues Consideration Remove Rhetoric

Book:A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

Source: A Serious Proposal to the Ladies