Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
LORD ACTONThough oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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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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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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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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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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