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Understood as a central consolidated power, managing and directing the various general interests of the society, all government is evil, and the parent of evil…The best government is that which governs least.
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Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious effort.
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Born:
November 15, 1813
Died:
March 24, 1895
(aged 81)
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John Louis O'Sullivan was an American columnist and editor who used the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States.
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