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

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

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

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Socialism means slavery.

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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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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.

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

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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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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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Learn as much by writing as by reading.

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