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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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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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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social life of nations.
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I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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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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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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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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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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