Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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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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The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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