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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….

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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Absolutism Behalf Claim Everything Laid Modern Power Sovereign
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Socialism means slavery.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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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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