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Edmund Burke

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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Betrayal Himself Industry Opinion Representation Sacrifice Service
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
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Domination Greatness
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Despair Work
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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Afford Beyond Cost Hypocrisy Promise
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Difference Fatal Religion
Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Cheap Defense Education Nation
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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Assumption Country Himself Man
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Appearance Country Love Ourselves Patriot
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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Dangerous Enemy Hope Law People Power Willing
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Dangerous Liberty True

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