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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
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Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
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Socialism means slavery.
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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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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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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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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
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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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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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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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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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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
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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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Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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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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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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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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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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