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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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Socialism means slavery.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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