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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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Common Crime Deed Good Liberty Motive Next
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Beautiful Business Funny Inspirational Money
Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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Convulsion Evil Give Man Men Oppression Outbreak Pain Purpose Repeat Settle Violent
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Before Generous Justice Mercy Temper
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 long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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Argument Long Loser Sunset Use
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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Accept Do Favorable Judge King Men Pope Power Presumption Unlike Wrong
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Compensation History Penalties Provide Suffering
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Besides Law Own People Will
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
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The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.
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Come Conduct Down God Grace Guide Know Our Outward Soul Voice

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