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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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Bank Century Down Issue People Sooner Swept
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
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
Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Doe End Justify Mean Other
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Beautiful Business Funny Inspirational Money
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
Every class is unfit to govern.
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Class Unfit
Official truth is not actual truth.
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Actually Official Truth
Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Express Feeling Ink Inverted Real
But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Absolutism Behalf Claim Everything Laid Modern Power Sovereign
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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Democracy Enemy Friend Fruit Liberty Socialism Victory
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Learn Much Raed Reading Spiritual Writing
When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Art Criminal Despot Die Emancipate Excuse Last Nation Preacher Reformer
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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Anxiety Generous Morning Nothing Today Paper
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
The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Absolute Appear Entire Minority People Redemption Resist Seldom Treason

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