The book The Duties And Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free was written by author William Bourn Oliver Peabody Here you can read free online of The Duties And Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Duties And Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free a good or bad book?
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What are your rulers? they are men honored men whom you entrust, for a season, with the exercise of your power. They do not govern you ; they are the 17 means by which you govern yourselves : they breathe your spirit ; they do your pleasure ; they cease to exist, the moment your verdict is against them. Where, then, should the responsibility rest ? with those who possess a delegated power, or with those who possess the sovereign power? However wise and faithful the rulers may be, the people hav...e power to undo all that they have done ; however excellent the measures they propose, they cannot take effect, till they bear the sign manual of the sovereign. You have power to affirm or reverse their decisions ; so that you are responsible for your ac- tions and theirs also, and they, as rulers, only for their cwn. Is it well, then is it right, to show the indiffer- ence which many do ? is it not their duty to take an interest in the subject of public men and measures to ponder well, before they select the one, or set their seal upon the other ?
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