The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
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The American people want to preserve their American heritage, and they have the quaint belief that public lands belong to them as much as to the people of the state where the lands are located.
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Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
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Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.
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I've analyzed the best I can ... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.
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As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
