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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

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

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority…
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Almost Always Exercise Influence Men Power
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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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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Enterprise Good Government Leave Many People Purpose Renounce
Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Balance Look Perceive Truth
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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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Mean Slavery Socialism
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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Authority Essential Limitation
. 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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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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Art Criminal Despot Die Emancipate Excuse Last Nation Preacher Reformer

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