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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Common Democracy Morality Vice Vices
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
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
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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Able Being Do Liberty Ought Power Right
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
The mills of God grind slowly.
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Exactness God Grind Mill Retribution
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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Future Government Literature Present Rule
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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End Higher Liberty Mean Political
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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Administration Different Discussion Justice Political Publicity Reality
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Above Congress Country Law Parliament Place
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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Case Made Possible Sure Thing Wrong
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Learn Much Raed Reading Spiritual Writing

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