A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
LORD ACTONThe issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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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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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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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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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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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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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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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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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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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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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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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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