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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were t

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. – John Locke

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. – John Locke

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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – John Locke

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If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. – Abigail Adams

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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley

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