The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
EDMUND BURKEAll 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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To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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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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You can never plan the future by the past.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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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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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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