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Lord Acton

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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Constitution Country Institution Mother Powerful Product Result Revolution State
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
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
Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Doe End Justify Mean Other
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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Almost Always Authority Great Influence Men Stillmore
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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Bundles Experience Master Philosophy Prejudice Understand
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
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Liberty Minorities Security Test
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Common Democracy Morality Vice Vices
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
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Gold Grainm Stream Knowledge Past Politics River Rivers Sand Science
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Balance Look Perceive Truth

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