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What you cannot enforce, do not command.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the read more
The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion- it is an evil government.
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.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow read more
A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the read more
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.
We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.
In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the former, because they are read more
In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.
