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Official truth is not actual 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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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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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
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Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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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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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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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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History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.
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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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To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.
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Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
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The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realisation of a political ideal: it is the discharge of a moral obligation.
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