Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.

Summary

This quote is asserting that isolated acts of tyranny can be attributed to mere temporary influences, but when a series of oppressions persists consistently over time, even through changes in government, it reveals a deliberate and systematic agenda to subjugate a population to enslavement. It implies that a pattern of oppression is more than coincidental and serves as evidence of a calculated effort to erode freedom and establish a state of subjugation.

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