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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end…liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition…
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Benefit Class Higher Liberty Mean Men Political
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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Atheism Confound Heart Possession Ultimate Understanding
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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Democracies Force Fraud Majority Party Prevaiding Rule Succeed Tyranny
Great men are almost always bad men.
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Corrupt Great Men Power
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Before Generous Justice Mercy Temper
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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Burden Emancipation History Knowledge Obstacle Past Safest Surest
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Habit Mind More Perilous Sanctifying Succes
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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Balance Look Perceive Truth
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Corrupt Inspirational Leadership Power Trend Work
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Learn Much Raed Reading Spiritual Writing
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Besides Law Own People Will
Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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Future Government Literature Present Rule
The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
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Allies Always Cease Continue Mankind Passion Power Sure Threaten Unforeseen
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power

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