When 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.
LORD ACTONSocialism means slavery.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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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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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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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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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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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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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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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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