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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
Power tires only those who do not have it.
We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.
We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.
Free institutions are not the property of any majority. They do not confer upon majorities unlimited powers. The rights of read more
Free institutions are not the property of any majority. They do not confer upon majorities unlimited powers. The rights of the majority are limited rights. They are limited not only by the constitutional guarantees but by the moral principle implied in those guarantees. That principle is that men may not use the facilities of liberty to impair them. No man may invoke a right in order to destroy it.
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the read more
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more read more
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
Laywers, I suppose, were children once.
Laywers, I suppose, were children once.
Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigourously, more vigourously, and more severely, than by one.
Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigourously, more vigourously, and more severely, than by one.
It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.
It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.
