General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
EDMUND BURKEAn event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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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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A coward’s courage is in his tongue.
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Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
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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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The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
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