The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
LORD ACTONIn England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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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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Socialism means slavery.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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In every age its 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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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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