“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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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
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.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
