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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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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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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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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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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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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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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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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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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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