I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.
タグ: politics, liberty, government, education, constitution

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Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
タグ: will, never, time, motivational
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
タグ: own, others, name, friendship
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
タグ: action, will, you, motivational, motivation, inspiration
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
タグ: liberty, things, progress, government
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
タグ: own, government, people, education
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