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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race

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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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