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Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.
Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief read more
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is read more
The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
But thou know'st this,
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
But thou know'st this,
'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, read more
There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common,
but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway,
and this is no longer equal.
Every country has the government it deserves.
Every country has the government it deserves.