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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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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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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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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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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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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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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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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
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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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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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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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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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