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Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Edmund Burke

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Ability Man Ourselves Regular
Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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Money Statistics
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Courage Coward Tongue
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 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
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
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
Turn over a new leaf.
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Let Go One Liner Start
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 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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Color Determination Greatness Happiness Oppression Pretend
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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Gentle Gradual Human Mindset Power
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
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

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