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Einstein, Albert. "Faschismus und Wissenschaft: Brief an Minister Rocco in Rom [Fascism and Science: Letter to Signor Rocco in Rome]." Mein Weltbild [My World View]. Querido Verlag, 1934.

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Einstein, Albert. "Fascism and Science." The World as I See It, translated by Allen Harris. BN Publishing, 2007.

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

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Lewis, John [@repjohnlewis]. "We may not have chose the time, but the time has chosen us." Twitter, 11 July 2016, 4:21 p.m., twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/752505298326319104

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So long as the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

Vladimir Lenin

State and Revolution

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Lenin, Vladimir. Государство и революция [The State and Revolution]. Progress Publishers, 1917, ch. 5, sect. 4.

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Lenin, Vladimir. "The State and Revolution." Essential Works of Lenin, edited by Henry M. Christman. Dover Publications, 1987, ch. 5, sect. 4.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Burke, Edmund. A Letter to John Farr and John Harris, Esqs., Sheriffs of the City of Bristol, on the Affairs of America. London: J. Dodsley, 3 Apr. 1777.

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Burke, Edmund. "A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

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More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.

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Arendt, Hannah. "On Violence." Crises of the Republic. Vintage, 1972, ch. 2. Originally published as "A Special Supplement: Reflections on Violence." by The New York Review, 27 Feb. 1969.

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Savile, George. "Of Punishment." A Character of King Charles The Second and Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750.

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Lord Acton

The History of Freedom in Antiquity

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Lord Acton. "The History of Freedom in Antiquity." 26 Feb. 1877, Bridgnorth Institute, Bridgnorth, England, UK. Address.

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Alcuin. Letter to Charlemagne. c. 850.

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The test of civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl S. Buck

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Buck, Pearl S. My Several Worlds. John Day Company, 1954.

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Addams, Jane. Democracy and Social Ethics. The Macmillan Company, 1902, introduction.

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Camus, Albert. Notebook entry. c. 1940.

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Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy. London: John W. Parker, 1848, bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 6.

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Mill, John Stuart. "Principles of Political Economy." Principles of Political Economy with Chapters on Socialism, edited by Jonathan Riley. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 6.

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Nixon, Richard. Televised address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam. 3 Nov. 1969, Washington, DC, USA.

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Nixon, Richard. Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents, edited by Rick Perlstein. Princeton University Press, 2008, ch. 19.

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Gay, John. "The Squire and his Cur." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 27.