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The Free-born Englishman
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abeyance
(en)
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension
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freedom of the press, of public meeting, of trade union organization, of political organization and of election, were either severely limited or in abeyance
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freedom of the press, of public meeting, of trade union organization, of political organization and of election, were either severely limited or in abeyance
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trammeled
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(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
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To the founding fathers of the United States, breaking free from the trammels of precedent, it seemed sufficient to find certain truths ‘self-evident’.
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To the founding fathers of the United States, breaking free from the trammels of precedent, it seemed sufficient to find certain truths ‘self-evident’.
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People…. What labour do you perform in the society?
Privileged Class. None: we are not made to labour.
People. How then have you acquired your wealth?
Privileged Class. By taking the pains to govern you.
People. To govern us!… We toil, and you enjoy; we produce and you dissipate; wealth flows from us, and you absorb it. Privileged men, class distinct from the people, form a nation apart and govern yourselves.
from Volney's Ruins of Empire. lol
People…. What labour do you perform in the society?
Privileged Class. None: we are not made to labour.
People. How then have you acquired your wealth?
Privileged Class. By taking the pains to govern you.
People. To govern us!… We toil, and you enjoy; we produce and you dissipate; wealth flows from us, and you absorb it. Privileged men, class distinct from the people, form a nation apart and govern yourselves.
from Volney's Ruins of Empire. lol