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The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured.… — Lysander Spooner
If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the establishment of a… — Lysander Spooner
Men's moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and their selfishness is quite active enough, without any such effort as… — Lysander Spooner
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are… — Leland Stanford
To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction… — Gertrude Stein
Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a… — Laurence Sterne
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. — Adlai E. Stevenson
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. — Tom Stoppard
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has… — Igor Stravinsky
The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort… — John Sununu
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is… — James Surowiecki
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. — Charles R. Swindoll
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. — Thomas Szasz
I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes… — Leo Szilard
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes… — Margaret Thatcher
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the… — Benjamin Tucker
Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain

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