The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
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My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
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You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.
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Birth: | 15th March, 1779 |
Death: | 24th November, 1848 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Politician |
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