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Lord Acton

"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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"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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"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."
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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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"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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"Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality."
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"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought."
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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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"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."
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"To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice."
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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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"Socialism means slavery."

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"There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly."

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"Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people."

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"You do your own time in prison. You don't do anyone else's time for them."

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"I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and to network hate-churches in order to get their way and to rob people of their human rights, and it gives me cold chills."

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"God befriend us as our cause is just!"

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"Not upholding a persons legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the general public is a normal state of affairs in many areas."

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"What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality."

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"Always seek justice, but love only mercy. To love justice and hate mercy is but a doorway to more injustice."

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"They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. I do not think they believed a word of the story and I thought it was silly but it was like a law-court. You did not want something reasonable, you wanted something technical and then stuck to it without explanations."

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Aberjhani

"Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?"

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