A 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.
LORD ACTONBefore 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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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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Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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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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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
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Socialism means slavery.
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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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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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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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