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We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.


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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.



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



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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.



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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.

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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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This page presents the quote "We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.". Author of this quote is Lord Acton. This quote is about made, not sure, cases,.