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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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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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Majority Minorities Oppressed People Play Worse
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Age Circumstance Constant Moral Obedient Through
If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Other Power Presumption Tend
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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Anxiety Generous Morning Nothing Today Paper
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
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Exercise Influence Men Power Tend
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
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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None Progress Religion
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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Democracy Enemy Friend Fruit Liberty Socialism Victory
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
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
Every class is unfit to govern.
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Class Unfit

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