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The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and insuring stability

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 The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and insuring stability

Jan 21,2024

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Man did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before, but to

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 Man did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before, but to

Dec 28,2023

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To kill someone for committing murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself. Murder by legal sentence

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 To kill someone for committing murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself. Murder by legal sentence

Jan 04,2022

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Every day things happen in the world that can’t be explained by any law of things we know. Every day they’re mentioned

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 Every day things happen in the world that can’t be explained by any law of things we know. Every day they’re mentioned

Aug 21,2021

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There is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason,...

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 There is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason,...

Jan 21,2021

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It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

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 It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Jan 13,2021

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