Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness the general mind must be strengthened by educat

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law, than that he should escape.

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