There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.
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How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.Auberon Herbert
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.
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If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.
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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.
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You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.
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I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.
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