The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Socialism means slavery.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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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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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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