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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (21689)10/3/2004 7:33:27 PM
From: chowder  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
>>> "created by men who understood that in order for men to "pursue happiness," it was also necessary to free them from the tyranny of oppressive power, whether that power was the power of the strongest elements of society, the police power of the governemnt or, in some instances where religious or other deeply important rights were involved, even the power of the majority", <<<

Is this why they held slaves?

Doesn't seem like freedom from the tyranny of oppressive power to me. But, I could be wrong.

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