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The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites
Liberty, without wisdom, is license
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed
In a free country every man thinks he has a concern in all public matters, that he has a right to form and a right to deliver an opinion on them. This it is that fills countries with men of ability in all stations
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors
Liberty is one of imagination's most precious possessions
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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