Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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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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The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.
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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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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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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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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 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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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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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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