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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

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Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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