Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
LORD ACTONA 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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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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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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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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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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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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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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