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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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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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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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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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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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