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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.

Edmund Burke

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
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Greatness Man Struggle
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Hate Love Vice
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Appetite Liberty Man Qualification
In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.
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Errors History Instruction Kind Man Past Volume Wisdom
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
Turn over a new leaf.
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Let Go One Liner Start
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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Constitution Forever Freedom Mindset Passion
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Difficult Impossible Silence Talk
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Greatness Sin Yourself
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
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
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
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.
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Greatness Justice Policy

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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