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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is read more
The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent.
What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if read more
What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom read more
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent read more
The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
