Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
LORD ACTON
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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Great men are almost always bad men.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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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 the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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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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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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