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It Was From America That The Plain Ideas That Men Ought To Mind Their Business, And That The Nation Is Responsible To Heaven For The Acts Of The State, - Ideas Long Locked In The Breast Of Solitary Thinkers, And Hidden Among Latin Folios, - Burst Forth Like A Conqueror Upon The World They Were Destined To Transform, Under The Title Of The Rights Of Man... And The Principle Gained Ground, That A Nation Can Never Abandon Its Fate To An Authority It Cannot Control.

Liberty Is Not The Power Of Doing What We Like, But The Right Of Being Able To Do What We Ought.

A Liberal Is Only A Bundle Of Prejudices Until He Has Mastered, Has Understood, Experienced The Philosophy Of Conservatism.

Socialism Easily Accepts Despotism. It Requires The Strongest Execution Of Power -- Power Sufficient To Interfere With Property.

Truth Is The Only Merit That Gives Dignity And Worth To History.