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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

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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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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

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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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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1834

Died: June 19th, 1902

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