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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Atheism Certain Geometry More Power Sin Theorem
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Above Congress Country Law Parliament Place
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Compensation History Penalties Provide Suffering
When the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.
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Children Church Educate Entire Necessary Opposite Religion Remove State
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
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
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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Begining Come End Hardly Task Time
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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None Progress Religion
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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End Higher Liberty Mean Political
In every age its 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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Age Best Conquest Crave Enemies Every Food Ignorance Man Poor Progress
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
Great men are almost always bad men.
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Corrupt Great Men Power
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Easier Find Fit Govern People Themselves

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