Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
LORD ACTONWhen the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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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.
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A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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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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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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Official truth is not actual truth.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Socialism means slavery.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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