"We have already found a high degree of personal liberty, and we are now struggling to enhance equality of opportunity. Our commitment to human rights must be absolute, our laws fair, our natural beauty preserved; the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced."
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"You have theories enough concerning the Rights of Men. It may not be amiss to add a small degree of attention to their Nature and disposition."
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