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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Edmund Burke

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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Help Nerve Ourselves Strength Struggle
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Change Conservation Conversation State
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Dangerous Enemy Hope Law People Power Willing
They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Defend Errors Inheritance
A populace never rebels from passion for attack, but from impatience of suffering.
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Attack Impatience Passion Popular Rebel Suffering
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Multitude Tyranny
Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.
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Infant Original Planning Thinking
All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Darkness Force Need People Success
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
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Act Evil Failure Goodness Man
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
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Equality Man Right
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Command Freedom Poor Rich Wealth
One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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Enemy Evil Goodness Oneself
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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Build Prudence Rage Time
When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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Fear Knowledge Learning Yourself
Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Destiny History Repeat

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