The essence of tyranny is the enforcement of stupid laws.
EDMUND BURKEThe grave is a common treasury, to which we must all be taken.
More Edmund Burke Quotes
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The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity; the rest is crime.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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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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The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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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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When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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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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History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.
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What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.
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People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.
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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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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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