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    It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

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To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely read more

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The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

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I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, read more

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A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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