American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.Thomas Babington
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
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Thank you, madam, the agony is abated.'aged 4, having hot coffee spilt over his legs
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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?
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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
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