Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it’s yellow.
EDMUND BURKEBut 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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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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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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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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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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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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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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