John Emerich
John Emerich
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History must be our deliverer not only from the undue influence of other times, but from the undue influence of our own, from the tyranny of environment and the pressures of the air we breathe
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Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton
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Resist your time - take a foothold outside it
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Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity
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Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Two forces which are the worst enemies of civil freedom are the absolute monarchy and the revolution