Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
LORD ACTONThe mills of God grind slowly.
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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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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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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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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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