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" The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. "
Walter Lippmann
Principle
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" Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed. "
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" Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men. "
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" Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. "
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" The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. "
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" He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. "
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