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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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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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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
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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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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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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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Accepting Deposition Execution Power Requires Socialism Strongest Sufficient
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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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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