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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Almost Always Exercise Influence Men Power
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
At 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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Associate Association Country Friend Minorities Person Racem People Sincere Themselves Time Triumph
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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Accept Do Favorable Judge King Men Pope Power Presumption Unlike Wrong
In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food.
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Age Best Conquest Crave Enemies Every Food Ignorance Man Poor Progress
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Best Book Content Delight Favorite Other Seek Sidelight
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Clas Class Danger Every Govern Particular Unfit
Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.
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All Birth Children Citizen Country Free God Good Master Men Neither Poor Salve
The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Absolute Appear Entire Minority People Redemption Resist Seldom Treason
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Above Congress Country Law Parliament Place
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
The mills of God grind slowly.
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Exactness God Grind Mill Retribution
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power

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