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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Almost Always Exercise Influence Men Power
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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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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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Corrupt Inspirational Leadership Power Trend Work
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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Bank Century Down Issue People Sooner Swept
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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