Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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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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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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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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