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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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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
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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Assign Best Central Club Democracy Federalism Government Power
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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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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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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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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Democracies Force Fraud Majority Party Prevaiding Rule Succeed Tyranny
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
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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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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