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people redemption appeals
From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
fate government hands
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
mean doe ends
Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
past light causes
The light that has guided us is still unquenched, and the causes that have carried us so far in the van of free nations have not spent their power; because the story of the future is written in the past, and that which hath been is the same thing that shall be.
passion allies mankind
The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
past history obstacles
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
progress
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
democracy vices morality
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
government people purpose
There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
exercise men influence-and-power
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
spiritual religious self
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
fall law tables
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
liberty deeds next
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime...
law people should
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.