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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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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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Future Government Literature Present Rule
Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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Character Judging Talent Worst
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Democracy Evil Majority One Pervaide Tyranny
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Liberty Minorities Security Test
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
Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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