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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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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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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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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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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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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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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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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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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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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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