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No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.

Magna Carta

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Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, clause 39.

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Magna Carta, translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin Classics, 2015, clause 39.

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The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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The happiest day, the happiest hour
My seared and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
I feel hath flown.

Edgar Allan Poe

Tamerlane and Other Poems

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Happiest Day." Tamerlane and Other Poems. Boston: Calvin F. S. Thomas, 1827, st. 1.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Happiest Day." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

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Sexually harassing? That makes no sense to me. Why would I harass someone who turns me on?

Community

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"Pilot." Community, written by Dan Harmon, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, season 1, episode 1, Krasnoff Foster Productions and Harmonius Claptrap, 2009.

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Human life begins on the far side of despair.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. Les Mouches [The Flies]. 3 June 1943, Théâtre de la Cité, Paris, France, act 3, sc. 2.

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Flies." No Exit and Three Other Plays, translated by Stuart Gilbert. Vintage, 1989, act 3, sc. 2.

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When did you last let your heart decide?

Aladdin

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Aladdin. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1992.

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Finality, Sir, is not the language of politics.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech about the Representation of the People. House of Commons. 28 Feb. 1859, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet, the wealth of kings can give you nothing more.

Horace

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Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 12.

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Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 12.

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The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, Ronald. Press conference in Chicago. Press conference. 12 Aug. 1986, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL, USA.

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For truth is precious and divine
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Samuel Butler (Poet)

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Butler, Samuel. Hudibras: The second part. London: John Martyn & James Allestry, 1664, part 2, canto 2, l. 263.

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Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 14.

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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 14.

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This ain't something a man usually tells a woman: I love you, Edith.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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"Archie in the Cellar." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Don Nicholl and Michael Ross, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 4, episode 10, Tandem Productions, 1973.

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What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing that you did mattered?

Groundhog Day

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Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis, Columbia Pictures, 1993.

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Well, when the president does it…that means that it is not illegal.

Richard Nixon

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Nixon, Richard. "Nixon Interviews." Interviewed by David Frost. ABC, 19 May 1977, pt. 3.

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Man being...by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent.

John Locke

Two Treatises of Government

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Locke, John. "Second Treatise of Civil Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, introduction.

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Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, introduction.

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Moral of the story is: I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again.

Breaking Bad

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"Half Measures." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin and Peter Gould, directed by Adam Bernstein, season 3, episode 12, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2010.

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