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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.

Edmund Burke

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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Despair Work
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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King Principle Rebel Subject Tyranny
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Company Conversation Friendship Goodness Greatness Happiness Live
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Creator Government Law Nation Nature
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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Anxiety Errors Loud Popular Public Welfare
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Ourselves
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
EDMUND BURKE

Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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Build Prudence Rage Time
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
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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Art Creation Essential Man Religion Theory
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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Absence Existence Liberty Moral

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