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Political philosophy Quotes

"Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike."

"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience"

"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness."

"To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy"

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests"

"The British Constitution is mainly British common sense."

"The interests of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place"

"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long and no longer than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them."

"Justice is the end of government It is the end of civil society It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit"

"When there is no common power, there is no law."

"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society"

"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves "

"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object"

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