The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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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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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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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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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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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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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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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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