"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
-Samuel Johnson
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"I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.“
-Samuel Johnson
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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