The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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The 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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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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When the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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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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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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