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“A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

“It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)