The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
EDMUND BURKEThe 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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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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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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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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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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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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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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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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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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Those who attempt to level never equalize.
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All the forces of darkness need to succeed … is for the people to do nothing.
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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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