There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
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