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The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week. – Margot Asquith

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Rich mens houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty. – Margot Asquith

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There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith. – Margot Asquith

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There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs –apart from discernment –a certain greatness to find him. – Margot Asquith

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Ones liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. – Frederick Farrar

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There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself. – Andre Breton

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