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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Above Congress Country Law Parliament Place
For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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Absolutism Attempt Century Children Discover Function Government Modern Opposite State
Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Express Feeling Ink Inverted Real
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Exercise Influence Men Power Tend
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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Constitution Country Institution Mother Powerful Product Result Revolution State
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
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Bad Easily Good Made Men State
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Habit Mind More Perilous Sanctifying Succes
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
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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Burden Emancipation History Knowledge Obstacle Past Safest Surest
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Freedom Higher Highest Liberty Mean Politics Wisdom
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Atheism Confound Heart Possession Ultimate Understanding
The mills of God grind slowly.
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Exactness God Grind Mill Retribution
Socialism means slavery.
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Mean Slavery Socialism
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
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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Ablest Defender Error Failing Men Monstrous
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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Action Class Interest Men Particular Party Public Right

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