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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Habit Mind More Perilous Sanctifying Succes
In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food.
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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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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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Bad Majority Minority Oppress
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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Bundles Experience Master Philosophy Prejudice Understand
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Atheism Confound Heart Possession Ultimate Understanding
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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Class Unfit
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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Majority Minorities Oppressed People Play Worse
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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