All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
EDMUND BURKEOne that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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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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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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