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

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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Dagger Follow Future Men Past Strong Weak
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
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
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Atheism Certain Geometry More Power Sin Theorem
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Common Democracy Morality Vice Vices
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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Enterprise Good Government Leave Many People Purpose Renounce
History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Disputes Document Evasion History Opinion Stand
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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Ablest Defender Error Failing Men Monstrous
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
The mills of God grind slowly.
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Exactness God Grind Mill Retribution
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious

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