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... object of government is to promote the happiness of society - affording equal security to the property and persons of every individual , -protecting the weak against the strong , -the poor against the rich , -in short , by guarding ...
... object of government is to promote the happiness of society - affording equal security to the property and persons of every individual , -protecting the weak against the strong , -the poor against the rich , -in short , by guarding ...
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... object of this work to develope . Many persons still seem to expect retrenchment under such a system . A fallacious hope ! To retrench is to weaken ; its policy is to spend , not to save . There are , no doubt , scores , nay thousands ...
... object of this work to develope . Many persons still seem to expect retrenchment under such a system . A fallacious hope ! To retrench is to weaken ; its policy is to spend , not to save . There are , no doubt , scores , nay thousands ...
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... , injustice , and extravagance , and which ex- ists in opposition to the wishes and interests of the people , it is the object of this work to expose . THE Black Book ; OR , CORRUPTION UNMASKED . ON 4 DEDICATION AND INTRODUCTION .
... , injustice , and extravagance , and which ex- ists in opposition to the wishes and interests of the people , it is the object of this work to expose . THE Black Book ; OR , CORRUPTION UNMASKED . ON 4 DEDICATION AND INTRODUCTION .
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... object of some is to audit the public accounts ; or to inquire into some branch of the public ex- penditure ; but the real object of all is generally to lay the foundation for some new job , to extort more plunder from the people . In ...
... object of some is to audit the public accounts ; or to inquire into some branch of the public ex- penditure ; but the real object of all is generally to lay the foundation for some new job , to extort more plunder from the people . In ...
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... object of police is the prevention and detection of crime , and the object of the administration of law is its punishment . In treating this and every other subject , the reader must bear in mind that our chief object is to expose the ...
... object of police is the prevention and detection of crime , and the object of the administration of law is its punishment . In treating this and every other subject , the reader must bear in mind that our chief object is to expose the ...
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