James Fenimore Cooper Quote

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.


The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America (ed. 1838)


Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a...

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a...

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a...

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a...