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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition ...more

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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

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Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.

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But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition o...more

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

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What is the use of discussing a man's abstract right to food or medicine? The question is upon the method of procuring and administering them. In that...more

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please; we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulati...more