Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
LORD ACTONAnd 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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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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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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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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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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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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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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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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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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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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