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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

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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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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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A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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