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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

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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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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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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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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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