Quotes by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

"Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them."

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"I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence."

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