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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Edmund Burke

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
To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.
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Crime Death Language Talk Treason Value
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Bad Law Worst
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Greatness Himself Mistake
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
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Difference Fatal Religion
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.
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Love Man Power
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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Delusion Give Up Liberty People
The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Evil Fate Goodness Man Politics Rule
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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Appetite Liberty Man Qualification
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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Act Attitude Belief Believe Decision Honesty Man Possible Safety
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
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Darkness Force Need People Success
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
By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.
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Hate Love Vice
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Abuse Dangerous Greatness Power
People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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Acceptance Better Fight People Quarrel Try

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