There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.

Quote by Demosthenes

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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry;...

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry;...

We have mistresses for pleasure, concubines to care for our daily bodys needs and wives...

We have mistresses for pleasure, concubines to care for our daily bodys needs and wives...

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth...

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth...

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

I am a citizen of the world.

I am a citizen of the world.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to...

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he...

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he...

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much...

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much...

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.