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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…

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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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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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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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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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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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