All James F. Cooper Quotes
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
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The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
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Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.
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America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
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Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.
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