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A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.

Edmund Burke

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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Dangerous Liberty True
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Defend Errors Inheritance
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
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Constitution Forever Freedom Mindset Passion
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
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Kind Learning Man
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
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
Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.
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Abandonment Power Willing
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Mindset Religion Superstition
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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Flatter Generosity Receive
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Ourselves
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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Applaud Fall Recover Run
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Greatness Law Nature Obedience Powerful

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