Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do...

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of...

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The people in power are the people who are constantly able to discover new and...

The people in power are the people who are constantly able to discover new and...

There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've...

There is only one security, and when you've lost that security, you've lost everything you've...