Power must never be trusted without a check.
-- John Adams
-- John Adams
Related:
- The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
the power to endanger the public liberty.
John Adams... - Never trusted telepaths. Never have,
never will. --... - Never king dropped out of the clouds.
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John Selden (1584-1654) --... - You never know what you can do without until you try.
Franklin... - This must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy... - To understand political power aright ... we must consider what state
all men are naturally in,
and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their... - There is no freedom without the power to
defend it... - Reckeners without their host must recken twice.
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John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap... - Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the
people,
who have ...a right, an indisputable, unalienable,...
