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I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence.
— Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
politician, judge, professor, lawyer
1825 – 1893
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as an official in the Confederate States of America.
All Quotes by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
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Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.
— Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II