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But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.
The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.
If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.
The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.