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In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances. ↗

— Robert Welch

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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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