Politicians
- John Bernard (MP for Hythe), MP for Hythe (UK Parliament constituency), 1378-1386
- John Bernard (MP for Wallingford), MP for Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency), 1388
- John Bernard (Ipswich MP) (died 1421), MP for Ipswich, 1387–1411
- Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet (1630–1679), MP for Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency), 1660
- John Bernard (American politician) (1893–1983), U.S. congressman from Minnesota
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“Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water until he had learnt to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
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