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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….

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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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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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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
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Socialism means slavery.
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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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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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