It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
EDMUND BURKEIt 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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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
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Education is the cheap defense of nations.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
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Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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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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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
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When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.
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General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
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Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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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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