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There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.

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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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