"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.“

-Lord Acton

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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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"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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"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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"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought."

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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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