Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.
LORD ACTONDo not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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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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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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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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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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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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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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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 strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
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