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Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
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The measure of the progress of civilization is the progress of the people.
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The best government rests on the people and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Born:
October 3, 1800
Died:
January 17, 1891
(aged 90)
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