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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.


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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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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.



Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.



The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

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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