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"The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law."
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"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."
"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."
"It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!"
"Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up."
"Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has its own organic life, it develops finally into a disease. The habit can kill and coarsen the very best man or woman to the level of a beast. Blood and power intoxicate ... the return of the human dignity, repentance and regeneration becomes almost impossible."
"But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way."
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"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."
"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""
"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."
"As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends."
"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."
"He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn."
"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."
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