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A nation may present immense fortunes and extreme wretchedness; but unless those fortunes are territorial, there is no true aristocracy, but simply the class of the rich and that of the poor.
I am of opinion that a centralized administration is fit only to enervate the nations in which it exists, by incessantly diminishing their local spirit.
the collective strength of the citizens will always conduce more efficaciously to the public welfare than the authority of the government.
