"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."

Family, Mother, Being, Constitution, Country

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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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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

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"If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation."

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"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."

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"The greatest men, you can quote for everything."

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"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."

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"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."

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"Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin."

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"History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong."

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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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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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