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Political theory Quotes

"The principle itself of liberty and the Social Contract is a rights-logic applicable to all human beings without discrimination."

"Men rise from one ambition to another, first they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others"

"The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class"

"Liberalism is not about creating wealth. Liberalism is about redistributing wealth."

"The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property"

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

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

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

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

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

"The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work "

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

"In Republics the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority"

"Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement"

"The problem to be solved is not what form of government is perfect but which of the forms is least imperfect"

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