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The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. (Junius)
Oppression is more easily endured than insult. View quote
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It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so. View quote
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The right of election is the very essence of the constitution. View quote
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There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. View quote
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The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman. View quote
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The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public. View quote
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How much easier is it to be generous than just. View quote
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The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils. View quote
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Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion. View quote
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One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine. (Junius)
When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms him in his faith. View quote
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Loyalty, in the heart and understanding of an Englishman, is a rational attachment to the guardian of the laws. View quote
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When the constitution is openly invaded, when the first original right of the people, from which all laws derive their authority, is directly attacked, inferior grievances naturally lose their force, and are suffered to pass by without punishment or observation. View quote
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It is not then from the alienated affections of Ireland or America, that you [George III] can reasonably look for assistance; still less from the people of England, who are actually contending for their rights, and in this great question, are parties against you. You are not however, destitute of every appearance of support: you have all the Jacobites, Non-jurors, Roman Catholics, and Tories of this country, and all Scotland, without exception. Considering from what family you are descended, the choice of your friends has been singularly directed; and truly, Sir, if you had not lost the Whig interest of England, I should admire your dexterity in turning the hearts of your enemies. View quote
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The people of England are loyal to the House of Hanover, not from a vain preference of one family to another, but from a conviction that the establishment of that family was necessary to the support of their civil and religious liberties. This, Sir, is a principle of allegiance equally solid and rational;-fit for Englishmen to adopt, and well worthy of your Majesty's encouragement. We cannot long be deluded by nominal distinctions. The name of Stuart, of itself, is only contemptible;-armed with the sovereign authority, their principles are formidable. The Prince, who imitates their conduct, should be warned by their example; and, while he plumes himself upon the security of his title to the crown, should remember that, as it was acquired by one revolution, it may be lost by another. View quote
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The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public. Facts are apt to alarm us more than the most dangerous principles. View quote
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The government of England is a government of law. We betray ourselves, we contradict the spirit of our laws, and we shake the whole system of English jurisprudence, whenever we entrust a discretionary power over the life, liberty, or fortune of the subject to any man, or set of men, whatsoever, upon a presumption that it will not be abused. View quote
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