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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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