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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

Edmund Burke

True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.
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Foundation Religion Society Stability True
I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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Assumption Country Himself Man
Turn over a new leaf.
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Let Go One Liner Start
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Bad Law Worst
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Appearance Country Love Ourselves Patriot
There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.
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Accomplishment God Judgement Moral World
Good order is the foundation of all things.
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Foundation Goodness One Liner
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
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Greatness Liberty Madness Possible Restraint Virtue Wisdom
The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
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Grave Ourselves Treasure
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Ancestor Past People
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
A great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Empire Greatness Mindset Togetherness
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
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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