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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

- Walter Lippmann
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.