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In every age its (liberty’s) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food
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Ignorance Liberty Progress Strong Superstition Wisdom
Socialism means slavery.
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Mean Slavery Socialism
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Liberty Minorities Security Test
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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Both Different Fool Last Once Person Same Time Wise
There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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Enterprise Good Government Leave Many People Purpose Renounce
Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Doe End Justify Mean Other
Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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Differences Disagreement Essential Moral Political Principles
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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Accepting Deposition Execution Power Requires Socialism Strongest Sufficient
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
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Before Generous Justice Mercy Temper
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Corrupt Inspirational Leadership Power Trend Work
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
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Corrupt Holder Office Political Power
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Age Circumstance Constant Moral Obedient Through
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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Almost Always Authority Great Influence Men Stillmore
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play.
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Majority Minorities Oppressed People Play Worse

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