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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

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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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Birth Directed Faith Giving Knowledge Piety Scruple Sometimes Superstition Wisdom
When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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Accepting Deposition Execution Power Requires Socialism Strongest Sufficient
The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Make People Power Unjust Will
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
The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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Dagger Follow Future Men Past Strong Weak
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 possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Atheism Confound Heart Possession Ultimate Understanding
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Character Conduct Men Personality Sentiment
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Element First Freedom People Private Property

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