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— Edward Gibbon"The Roman government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies, more odious and oppressive to its subjects."
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Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled, the successful establishing and the successful administering of it. One still remains, its successful maintenance against a formidable internal attempt to overthrow it.
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