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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to d

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

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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. – Lord Acton

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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. – Lord Acton

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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. – Lord Acton

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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. – Jonathan Swift

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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. – Richard Dawkins

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton

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