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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…

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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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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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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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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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