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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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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
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Able Being Do Liberty Ought Power Right
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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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
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Bad Easily Good Made Men State
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Clas Class Danger Every Govern Particular Unfit
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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