It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
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.
The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
Great men are almost always bad men.
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.
Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power...power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
The mills of God grind slowly.
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
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