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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.

Edmund Burke

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
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
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Exact Greatness Nature
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Dangerous Enemy Hope Law People Power Willing
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Crisis Fire Hot Moral Reserve Time
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Age Economics Forever Success
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Barter Found Government Human Virtue
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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Curiosity Discover Human Kind Simplicity
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Appearance Country Love Ourselves Patriot
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Encouragement People Provoke Rebel Revolution Time
That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth.
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Awake Greatness Liberty People Security Superior Truth
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Attack Impatience Passion Popular Rebel Suffering
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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Achievement Force Ourselves Patience
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife

Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.

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