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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.

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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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Anxiety Generous Morning Nothing Today Paper
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Country Friend Liberty Minorities People Time Triumph
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
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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Allies Always Cease Continue Mankind Passion Power Sure Threaten Unforeseen
Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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Birth Directed Faith Giving Knowledge Piety Scruple Sometimes Superstition Wisdom
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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Absolute Appear Entire Minority People Redemption Resist Seldom Treason
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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Element First Freedom People Private Property
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
The mills of God grind slowly.
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Exactness God Grind Mill Retribution
Official truth is not actual truth.
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Actually Official Truth
For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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Absolutism Attempt Century Children Discover Function Government Modern Opposite State
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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Christian Murderous Principle Religion Style
Socialism means slavery.
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Mean Slavery Socialism
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.
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All Birth Children Citizen Country Free God Good Master Men Neither Poor Salve
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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Democracies Force Fraud Majority Party Prevaiding Rule Succeed Tyranny

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