National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.
English statesman Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster. American newspaper publisher. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.