A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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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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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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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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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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