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“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...”
― Prejudices: Third Series
― Prejudices: Third Series
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
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“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
― Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife
“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.”
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“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.”
― Churchill Speaks: Collected Speeches in Peace and War, 1897-1963
― Churchill Speaks: Collected Speeches in Peace and War, 1897-1963
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