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The Principle Of The Inquisition Was Murderous. . . . The Popes Were Not Only Murderers In The Great Style, But They Also Made Murder A Legal Basis Of The Christian Church And A Condition Of Salvation.

Liberty Is Not A Means To A Higher Political End. It Is Itself The Highest Political End...liberty Is The Only Object Which Benefits All Alike, And Provokes No Sincere Opposition...the Danger Is Not That A Particular Class Is Unfit To Govern. ~ Every Class Is Unfit To Govern ... Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men.

I'm Not A Driven Businessman, But A Driven Artist. I Never Think About Money. Beautiful Things Make Money.

Monarchy Hardens Into Despotism. Aristocracy Contracts Into Oligarchy. Democracy Expands Into The Supremacy Of Numbers.

The True Guide Of Our Conduct Is No Outward Authority, But The Voice Of God, Who Comes Down To Dwell In Our Souls, Who Knows All Our Thoughts, To Whom Are Owing All The Truth We Know, And All The Good We Do; For Vice Is Voluntary, And Virtue Comes From The Grace Of The Heavenly Spirit Within.