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" Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority, the eight or nine millions who have no property, would not think of usurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is surely a right of mankind as... "
Anti-gallic Letters Addressed to His Excellency, the Earl of Gosford ... - Page 109
by Adam Thom - 1836 - 226 pages
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 79

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1788 - 738 pages
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be refponfible, that if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...nine millions who have no property would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is, furely, a right of mankind...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 79

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1788 - 738 pages
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be refponfible, that if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...nine millions who have no property would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is, furely, a right of mankind...
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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States ..., Volume 3

John Adams - Constitutional history - 1794 - 584 pages
...a fmall quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other moveables. Would Mr. Nedham be rcfponfible that, if all were to be decided by a vote of the majority,...millions who have no property, would not think of ufurping over the rights of the one or two millions who have ? Property is furely a right of mankind...
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States ..., Volume 6

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - Presidents - 1851 - 566 pages
...property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables. Would Mr. Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have ? Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit,...
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First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea

Paul Woodruff - Philosophy - 2006 - 304 pages
...property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables. Would Mr. Nedham be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Property is surely a right of mankind as really as liberty. Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, attacking...
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Income Distribution Theory

Martin Bronfenbrenner - Business & Economics - 1971 - 506 pages
...not more than one or two millions will have lands, houses, or any personal property. Would [you] be responsible that, if all were to be decided by a vote...over the rights of the one or two millions who have? Perhaps, at first, prejudice, habit, shame or fear, principle or religion, would restrain the poor...
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The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis, Volume 5

Robert E. Goodin, Charles Tilly - History - 2006 - 942 pages
...for just that reason. As Adams put it, Suppose a nation, rich and poor. . . all assembled together If all were to be decided by a vote of the majority, [would not] the eight or nine millions who have no property. . . think of usurping over the rights...
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