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The grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.

Edmund Burke

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Evil Goodness Man Necessary
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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Corruption Existence Liberty People
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Greatness Law Nature Obedience Powerful
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
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
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Affection Animal Creation Social
The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man’s pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.
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Color Determination Greatness Happiness Oppression Pretend
The 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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Alone Force Government Moments Temporary
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
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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Difficult Impossible Silence Talk
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
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
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Caution Wisdom
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
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Humanity Justice Law Myself Reason
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
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Change Conservation Conversation State
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Mistake Nation Power Small
You can never plan the future by the past.
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Future Past Planning Yourself

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