History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. - John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

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A state in which the law is powerless to punish a thief, or in which society is unable to restrict the action of the government, are equally opposed to the notion of polity.

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Great men are almost always bad men.

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