Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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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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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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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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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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