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Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing read more
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong.
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears read more
The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
