Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
LORD ACTONIn England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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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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Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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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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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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