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Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man.

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Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

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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.

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

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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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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men

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