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Political philosophy Quotes

"The revolution is not the climax of historical evolution but a conspiracy against it"

"A conservative is a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the liberal who wishes to replace them with others"

"Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one"

"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few"

"The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar"

"I don't believe there is a powerful and mysterious 'popular will', a common will that expresses itself inexorably in spite of repression."

"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property"

"The worth of the State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it"

"If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within"

"It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law"

"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics"

"In a republic this rule ought to be observed, that the majority should not have the predominant power."

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."

"Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power."

"Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive."

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