A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not be trusted by anybody.
- Topic: Accountability, Team, Trust
- Location: Caribbean Sea
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The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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