Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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.
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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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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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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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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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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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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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