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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.

Edmund Burke

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
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
EDMUND BURKE

Greatness Justice Policy
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Exact Greatness Nature
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.
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Council Evil Hands Irresponsibility Necessary Success Wash
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
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Anxiety Errors Loud Popular Public Welfare
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Ourselves
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Crisis Fire Hot Moral Reserve Time
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Equality Level
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small

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