An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
EDMUND BURKEKings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Turn over a new leaf.
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Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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