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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.

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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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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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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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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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