It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
LORD ACTONFeudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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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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. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern … Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Progress, the religion of those who have none.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power….
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