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Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.


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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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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.



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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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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.



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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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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.



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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.





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