Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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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 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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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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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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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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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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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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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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