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Great men are almost always bad men.

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Convulsion Evil Give Man Men Oppression Outbreak Pain Purpose Repeat Settle Violent
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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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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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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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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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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