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In every age its (liberty’s) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
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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Convulsion Evil Give Man Men Oppression Outbreak Pain Purpose Repeat Settle Violent
Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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Emna Excellent Good Government Higher Mean Political Reason Together
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Easier Find Fit Govern People Themselves
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Liberty Minorities Security Test
Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Express Feeling Ink Inverted Real
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Besides Law Own People Will
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
Great men are almost always bad men.
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Corrupt Great Men Power
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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Accepting Deposition Execution Power Requires Socialism Strongest Sufficient
Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Balance Look Perceive Truth

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