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Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever!...

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Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than i...

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Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which ...

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The actions of government, we are told, bear down only on imprudent souls who provoke them. The man ...

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Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments

If political authority is not limited, the division of powers, ordinarily the guarantee of freedom, ...

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Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments

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Benjamin Constant

Politician

Born: 1767-10-25

Died: 1830-12-08

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (October 25, 1767 – December 8, 1830) was a Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.More