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Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.
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Convulsion Evil Give Man Men Oppression Outbreak Pain Purpose Repeat Settle Violent
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Character Conduct Men Personality Sentiment
The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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Absolute Appear Entire Minority People Redemption Resist Seldom Treason
Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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Authority Essential Limitation
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Democracy Evil Majority One Pervaide Tyranny
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
When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Art Criminal Despot Die Emancipate Excuse Last Nation Preacher Reformer
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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Enterprise Good Government Leave Many People Purpose Renounce
No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
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Character Correspondance Public Revelation Stood Utterance
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Above Congress Country Law Parliament Place
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Age Circumstance Constant Moral Obedient Through
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles

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