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In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food.

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Learn Much Raed Reading Spiritual Writing
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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Action Class Interest Men Particular Party Public Right
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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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Age Circumstance Constant Moral Obedient Through
I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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Begining Come End Hardly Task Time
Official truth is not actual truth.
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Actually Official Truth
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
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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Allies Always Cease Continue Mankind Passion Power Sure Threaten Unforeseen
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Country Friend Liberty Minorities People Time Triumph
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Democracy Evil Majority One Pervaide Tyranny
History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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