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The True Natural Check On Absolute Democracy Is The Federal System, Which Limits The Central Government By The Powers Reserved, And The State Governments By The Powers They Have Ceded.

Character Is Tested By True Sentiments More Than By Conduct. A Man Is Seldom Better Than His Word.

We Are Not Sure We Are Right Until We Have Made The Best Case Possible For Those Who Are Wrong.

False Principles, Which Correspond With The Bad As Well As With The Just Aspirations Of Mankind, Are A Normal And Necessary Element In The Social Life Of Nations.

Liberty, Next To Religion Has Been The Motive Of Good Deeds And The Common Pretext Of Crime, From The Sowing Of The Seed At Athens, 2,460 Years Ago, Until The Ripened Harvest Was Gathered By Men Of Our Race. It Is The Delicate Fruit Of A Mature Civilization; And Scarcely A Century Has Passed Since Nations, That Knew The Meaning Of The Term, Resolved To Be Free. In Every Age Its Progress Has Been Beset By Its Natural Enemies, By Ignorance And Superstition, By Lust Of Conquest And By Love Of Ease, By The Strong Man's Craving For Power, And The Poor Man's Craving For Food.