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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Democracy Evil Majority One Pervaide Tyranny
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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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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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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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 danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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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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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end…liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition…
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
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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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