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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

Edmund Burke

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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Acceptance Better Fight People Quarrel Try
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Ourselves
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Economics Economy Essential Expense True
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Equality Level
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Change Conservation Conversation State
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Help Nerve Ourselves Strength Struggle
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Justice Liberty Opinion Safety Separate
The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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Blood Country Crime Family Friendship Kind Man Rest
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity

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