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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Freedom degenerates unless it has to struggle in its own defence.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is the highest political end.
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
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Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
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Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
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Time as he grows old teaches all things.
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Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.
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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Appearances often are deceiving.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
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I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
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While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
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Union gives strength.
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The gods help them that help themselves.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.
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Fortune helps the brave.
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Moderation in all things.
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Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
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The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.
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The man who views the world at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
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Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.
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The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.
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The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
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What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
more Matthew Arnold quotes
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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