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"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion."
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"The disciplined rule our world."
"Your expertise can elevate your impressions to bring you to an entirely new realm."
"Knowledge imparts a sense of authority. It will help you stand out and give you an edge over your competition."
"The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin."
"God gave us His spirit, for us to have the power and authority to uproot lawlessness and establish God's righteousness."
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"Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin."
"By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead."
"The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition."
"Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will."
"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."
"If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation."
"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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