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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Absolutism Behalf Claim Everything Laid Modern Power Sovereign
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Easier Find Fit Govern People Themselves
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Almost Always Exercise Influence Men Power
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
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
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
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
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Age Circumstance Constant Moral Obedient Through
A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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Account Country Ensalve Generous Powerful Spirit
Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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Emna Excellent Good Government Higher Mean Political Reason Together
Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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Future Government Literature Present Rule
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Balance Look Perceive Truth
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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Argument Long Loser Sunset Use
From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Absolute Appeal Appear People Redemption Refuge Treason
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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Absolute Appear Entire Minority People Redemption Resist Seldom Treason

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