The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
LORD ACTONIn every age its (liberty’s) 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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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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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 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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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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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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In every age its (liberty’s) 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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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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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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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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