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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Edmund Burke

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Government Injustice Oppression
History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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Appetite Greatness History Misery Pride Training World
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
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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Infant Original Planning Thinking
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
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Agreement Politics
The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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Greatness Sin Yourself
Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.
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Breathe Corruption Important Law Refine
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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God Man Separate Unity
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
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
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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Born Death History Live Value

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