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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Edmund Burke

When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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Achievement Greatness Man Object Road View
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Domination Greatness
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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Assumption Country Himself Man
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Mindset Religion Superstition
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Courage Coward Tongue
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Deep Goodness Tolerance
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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Awake Greatness Liberty People Security Superior Truth
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Difference Fatal Religion
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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Breathe Corruption Important Law Refine
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Foundation Religion Society Stability True
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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