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Equality, In A Social Sense, May Be Divided Into That Of Condition, And That Of Rights. Equality Of Condition Is Incompatible With Civilization, And Is Found Only To Exist In Those Communities That Are But Slightly Removed From The Savage State. In Practice, It Can Only Mean A Common Misery. Equality Of Rights Is A Peculiar Feature Of Democracies. These Rights Are Properly Divided Into Civil And Political, Though Even These Definitions Are Not To Be Taken As Absolute, Or As Literally Exact.

Liberty Is Not A Matter Of Words, But A Positive And Important Condition Of Society. Its Greatest Safeguard After Placing Its Foundations On A Popular Base, Is In The Checks And Balances Imposed On The Public Servants.

Apathy Is The Great Requisite For The Station; For Woe Betide The Wretch Who Fancies Any Modicum Of Zeal.

Property Is Desirable As The Ground Work Of Moral Independence, As A Means Of Improving The Faculties, And Of Doing Good To Others, And As The Agent In All That Distinguishes The Civilized Man From The Savage.

Contact With The Affairs Of State Is One Of The Most Corrupting Of The Influences To Which Men Are Exposed.