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Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. — Alexander Hamilton
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and… — Alexander Hamilton
The task is not to overcome opponents in general but only those opponents against whom one has to summon all one's strength, one's skill and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten how to wage… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly cultivated… — Friedrich Nietzsche
America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own. — John Quincy Adams
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. — Bertrand Barere
Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man's arm, or the lifting up of the lid of… — Charles Spurgeon
Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart. — Charles Spurgeon
Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent. — Carl Sandburg
Love is divine only and difficult always. If you think it is easy you are a fool. If you think it is natural you are… — Toni Morrison
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as… — Thomas Jefferson
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to… — Thomas Jefferson
The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency. — Eugene McCarthy
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. — P.J. O'Rourke
Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it. — Mark Twain
There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they… — Booker T. Washington
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublimest; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the… — Edward McKendree Bounds

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