Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
EDMUND BURKE
History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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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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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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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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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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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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Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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