Lord of
Lord of
passion alliances dogma
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
men errors failing
There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
minorities association triumph
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
truth-is officials
Official truth is not actual truth.
liars men honest
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
real feelings ink
Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
grind retribution mills
The mills of God grind slowly.
weakness source dangerous
It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.
rewards release strife
The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.
government literature
Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
towns nursery
Towns were the nursery of freedom.
democracies-have majority-rule evil
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
sunset long loser
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
nature moving science
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.