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When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

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Equal rights for all, special privileges for none
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
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