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Ideas of Benjamin Constant, by Text

[French, 1767 - 1830, Politician and writer.]

1797	On Political Reactions

p.123

p.28

22439

There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it

p.124

p.28

22440

Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible