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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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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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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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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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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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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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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