A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
LORD ACTONDemocracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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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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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.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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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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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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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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