Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. ✨…

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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. ✨ James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). James Madison's Advice to My Country, p.124, University of Virginia Press
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. ✨ James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). James Madison's Advice to My Country, p.124, University of Virginia Press

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