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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Lord Acton

In every age its (liberty’s) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food
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Ignorance Liberty Progress Strong Superstition Wisdom
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Character Conduct Men Personality Sentiment
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Learn Much Raed Reading Spiritual Writing
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Alike Almost Benefit Danger End Mne Object Particular Political
The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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Christian Murderous Principle Religion Style
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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None Progress Religion
Socialism means slavery.
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Mean Slavery Socialism
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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Bank Century Down Issue People Sooner Swept
I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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Begining Come End Hardly Task Time
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Before Generous Justice Mercy Temper
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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Absolute Corrupt Other Power Presumption Tend
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Beautiful Business Funny Inspirational Money
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
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Bad Easily Good Made Men State

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