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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

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
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Ancestor Past People
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Equality Man Right
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
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
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Defend Errors Inheritance
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
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
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Digest Eat Reading Reflection
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
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
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Appearance Country Love Ourselves Patriot
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
The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
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Essence Force Law Stupidity
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
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Economics Economy Essential Expense True
The credulity of dupes is as inexhaustible as the invention of knaves.
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Credit Invention Knife

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