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Ideas of Benjamin Constant, by Text

[French, 1767 - 1830, Courtier, diplomat and writer.]

1806	Principles of Politics

p.107

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Liberty is the triumph of the individual, over both despotic government and enslaving majorities

p.127

22597

Minority rights are everyone's rights, because we all have turns in the minority