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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Edmund Burke

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
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Age Economics Forever Success
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Justice Liberty Opinion Safety Separate
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
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
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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God Man Separate Unity
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Hate Love Vice
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
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Cheap Defense Education Nation
Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
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Freedom Gold Silence Yourself
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Deep Goodness Tolerance
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
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Greatness Man Struggle

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

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