When the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.
LORD ACTONAt all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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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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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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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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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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Great men are almost always bad men.
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