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No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. – Alexander Herzen

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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. – Alexander Herzen

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Liberalism
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Alexander Herzen
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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. – Alexander Herzen

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Tradition
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Alexander Herzen
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Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically — while simulating a triumphant march forward — than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament? – Alexander Herzen

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Parliament
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If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne

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Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much. – Eugene Delacroix

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I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. – Edward W. Howe

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Private reproof is the best grave for private faults. – Proverb

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