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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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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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