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The amelioration of the condition of mankind, and the increase of human happiness, ought to be the leading objects of every political institution, and the aim of every individual, according to the measure of his power, in the situation he occupies.
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To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, are the opposite rocks on which all civil institutions have been wrecked. ~
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Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained. ~President
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Laws are the very bulwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. ~
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put their trust in the citizens' respect for law. If law be not sacred, a free government will not endure. ~
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The absolute justice of the state, enlightened by the perfect reason of the state, that is law. ~
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First make him obey the law, then remove the cause that in cites him to law-breaking. ~Wilson
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves. ~
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. ~
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The law is made to protect the innocent by punishing the guilty. ~
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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.~
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God's laws make it easier to do right, and harder to do wrong. ~
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Eternal good citizenship is the price of good government. ~
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The Trail of the Pioneer bore the Footprints of Liberty.
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108:Education is our only political safety. ~
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