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

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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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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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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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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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False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.
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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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