Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
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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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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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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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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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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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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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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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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There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.
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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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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
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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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History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite.
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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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