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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 minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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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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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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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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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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