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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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Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
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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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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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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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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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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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