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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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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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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 will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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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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