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“If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.” quote by James Madison — Download Open image

“If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.”

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If possible, I want to hear POLITICS defined without either sympathy or apathy.

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Try to greet troubles with apathy. Hello's are never what they used to be.

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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.

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Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.

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Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

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“And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk.”

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For he who is not deaf, half a silence is enough.

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“Just because a person is silent doesn’t mean there’s no message.”

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