The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.
Senator John Randolph
It seems wrong to have been in Virginia without having ever quoted this great advocate of limited government, who was also one of the wittiest men ever to serve in the Senate of the United States of America.
Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
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