Thoughts on Government
A work by John Adams
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Some forms of government are better suited than others to being well administered, The happiness of society is the purpose of government, The best government gives happiness to the greatest number in the greatest degree …
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- There are 15 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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Some forms of government are better suited than others to being well administered (opens korrents.com)1
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The happiness of society is the purpose of government (opens korrents.com)1
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The best government gives happiness to the greatest number in the greatest degree (opens korrents.com)1
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Fear founds most governments but is too base a passion, so Americans are unlikely to approve it (opens korrents.com)1
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There is no good government but a republic, which is an empire of laws, not of men (opens korrents.com)1
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A representative assembly should be an exact miniature portrait of the people (opens korrents.com)1
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