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

Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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None Progress Religion
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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End Higher Liberty Mean Political
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Habit Mind More Perilous Sanctifying Succes
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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Democracies Force Fraud Majority Party Prevaiding Rule Succeed Tyranny
Official truth is not actual truth.
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Actually Official Truth
False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.
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Aspiration Correspond Element Just Life Mankind Normal Principles Social
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Absolute Appeal Appear People Redemption Refuge Treason
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
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Clas Class Danger Every Govern Particular Unfit
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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Bad Majority Minority Oppress
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
. 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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Century Civilization Delicate Free Mature Mean Nation Pass Resolve Scarcely Since Term
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Element First Freedom People Private Property

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