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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.

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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
In every age its (liberty’s) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food
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Ignorance Liberty Progress Strong Superstition Wisdom
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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Accept Do Favorable Judge King Men Pope Power Presumption Unlike Wrong
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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Constitution Country Institution Mother Powerful Product Result Revolution State
But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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Absolutism Behalf Claim Everything Laid Modern Power Sovereign
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Common Democracy Morality Vice Vices
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Besides Law Own People Will
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
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
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Exercise Influence Men Power Tend
I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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Begining Come End Hardly Task Time
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Disputes Document Evasion History Opinion Stand
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

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