Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
LORD ACTONThe true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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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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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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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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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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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 danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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