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Progress, the religion of those who have none.

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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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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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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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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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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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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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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