The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
EDMUND BURKEThe Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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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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Good order is the foundation of all things.
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The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.
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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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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years.
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Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
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Equity money is dynamic and debt money is static.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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