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Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

Lord Acton

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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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