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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

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

If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Other Power Presumption Tend
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Make People Power Unjust Will
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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Absolutism Attempt Century Children Discover Function Government Modern Opposite State
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
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
The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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Christian Murderous Principle Religion Style
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Common Democracy Morality Vice Vices
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
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Easier Find Fit Govern People Themselves
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Before Generous Justice Mercy Temper
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
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Bad Easily Good Made Men State

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