Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.
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Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
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A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
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God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
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