“ The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security for the minorities. ”
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“ The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. ”
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“ History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. ”
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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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“ Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors. ”
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“ Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. ”
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“ The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. ”
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“ History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. ”
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“ Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. ”
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“ Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors. ”
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“ There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. ”
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“ Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors. ”
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“ 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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“ The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. ”
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“ Simplicity is the first thing that is lost, and the last that is regained. ”
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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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“ Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. ”
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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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“ 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. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ”
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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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“ The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. ”
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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. All power corrupts; 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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“ 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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“ The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. ”
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