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Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

Edward Gibbon

Liberty, Corruption, Symptoms

'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 21

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

Edward Gibbon

Freedom, Desire, Liberty

Edward Gibbon (1839). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.127

[The] liberty of divorce does not contribute to happiness and virtue. The facility of separation would destroy all mutual confidence, and inflame every trifling dispute . . .

Edward Gibbon

Divorce, Liberty, Doe

Edward Gibbon (1854). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith”, p.297