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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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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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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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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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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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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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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