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The rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market.


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The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.



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The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.



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Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?



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As night-fall does not come at once, neither does oppression...It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become victims of the darkness.



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Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.



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The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.





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